Opinion/Letters to the Editor

Rob Shaw: Departure of B.C.’s chief coroner offers NDP opportunity to neuter future critics

Lisa Lapointe is set to retire early next year, paving the way for the province to weaken the office

Dec 15, 2023 11:00 AM Read more >

Opinion: Mayor’s spending is bad, his reaction is even worse

Did he honestly believe local taxpayers wouldn’t care that he spent $242 for a one-night stay at the Prestige Treasure Cove Hotel and charge it to the city?

Dec 15, 2023 3:35 AM Read more >

Editorial: Health care is in trouble, but Falcon has no answers

Canada spends less per capita on hospital care than any of the top seven OECD countries, hardly a record to be proud of.

Dec 15, 2023 3:30 AM Read more >

Opinion: Online retailers ignore country of origin labeling

Canada introduced country of origin mandatory labeling back in the 1890s to help consumers support Canadian manufacturers and industry. Online marketplaces have pulled a runaround on this tradition.

Dec 14, 2023 4:32 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Changing times shift focus of speculation tax from foreigners to fellow British Columbians

Nearly half of homebuyers hit by BC NDP’s speculation tax are British Columbians – a far cry from five years earlier, when 20 per cent of locals had to pay up

Dec 13, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >

Editorial: Government must get ruthless with toxic drug traffickers

What is the difference between the sodium nitrite Kenneth Law is accused of selling and people trafficking enough fentanyl to kill dozens or hundreds of people?

Dec 13, 2023 4:30 AM Read more >

Geoff Johnson: Media literacy programs on rise to help young people tell fact from fiction

The confusing nature of information available online has sparked increase use of media literacy in schools

Dec 12, 2023 4:00 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Chances of United-Conservative merger in B.C. may soon drop off a cliff

It appears an emissary who could broker a meeting between leaders Falcon and Rustad is unlikely to emerge

Dec 11, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >

Opinion: We can’t all live like Albertans

If everyone lived a western lifestyle, we would need five Earth’s worth of resources each year. It is not sustainable.

Dec 11, 2023 2:10 AM Read more >

Opinion: ‘Reality has caught up to the CBC’

'They will have to find a way to move on with only about two-thirds of their operating budget paid by the government or $1.2 billion in federal money every year.'

Dec 11, 2023 1:23 AM Read more >