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Todd Whitcombe: We're cooking our own goose

Todd Whitcombe: We're cooking our own goose

A tipping point isn’t just a slight imbalance or change in equilibrium. It is a catastrophic change resulting in a disproportionate response.
Jack Knox: 4:20 still more protest than celebration

Jack Knox: 4:20 still more protest than celebration

The Great Green North isn’t the nirvana some hoped it would be
Opinion: Housing co-ops could solve Canada's housing affordability crisis

Opinion: Housing co-ops could solve Canada's housing affordability crisis

In a period when homelessness and housing costs have reached crisis levels, it’s time to look at housing co-operatives as a potential game-changer.
Opinion: Defunding the police is a move towards community safety

Opinion: Defunding the police is a move towards community safety

The large budgets allotted for urban policing must be reconsidered so that communities can explore safer alternatives.
Neil Godbout: Everybody works hard but luck works harder

Neil Godbout: Everybody works hard but luck works harder

As income inequality has increased in recent decades, so has the notion that the ultra-wealthy and elite deserve the spoils and the far greater number of people at the bottom scrambling to stay afloat just aren’t trying hard enough to get ahead.
Trudy Klassen: Vulnerable seniors deserve dignity

Trudy Klassen: Vulnerable seniors deserve dignity

Personal choice is a freedom worth dying for, but this didn’t seem like a choice this person would have made had they not suffered from dementia.
Letter to the editor: Too much litter across the city

Letter to the editor: Too much litter across the city

It would be nice to drive around the city and not see coffee cups, plastic bags, wrappers and used masks strewn about.
Gerry Chidiac: Take the log out of your own eye

Gerry Chidiac: Take the log out of your own eye

It has also become clear that while citizens of powerful countries may be guilty of crimes against humanity, only Africans get tried and convicted in the ICC.
Jack Knox: 'I want my flag back,' says sticker's creator

Jack Knox: 'I want my flag back,' says sticker's creator

Victoria man unhappy that Canadian flag has been co-opted for political purposes
Letter to the editor: Some ideas on how the city could spend the Fortis money

Letter to the editor: Some ideas on how the city could spend the Fortis money

With truth and reconciliation finally coming to fruition, we could honor Indigenous people by building a much-needed expansion to Exploration Place.