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Opinion: Fixing Cariboo Rocks the North benefits everyone

Opinion: Fixing Cariboo Rocks the North benefits everyone

The benefits of the city-owned event go to Pacific Western Brewery and city councillor Kyle Sampson, who manages the event and happens to work for PWB.
Opinion: Inquiry must assess how Canada's fragmented COVID-19 response lost the public's trust

Opinion: Inquiry must assess how Canada's fragmented COVID-19 response lost the public's trust

Now is the time to learn from the COVID-19 response through an action-oriented independent inquiry focused on accountability. Reforms to data generation, access and use are essential.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: What you might find on social media

Adrian Raeside cartoon: What you might find on social media

Chidiac: Left and right don’t define us as human beings

Chidiac: Left and right don’t define us as human beings

For us, left and right may reflect some of our opinions, but they do not define us as human beings.  
Whitcombe: Is anyone qualified to be a politician?

Whitcombe: Is anyone qualified to be a politician?

There are no tests for politician – no intelligence test, no ethics exam, no test for compassion. The only test is, can they get elected?
Opinion: ‘The idea of a living wage is unfeasible’

Opinion: ‘The idea of a living wage is unfeasible’

Canada, along with other western democracies, rely on a global economy based on cheap goods and cheap labour.
Opinion: Leave forest firefighting to the professionals

Opinion: Leave forest firefighting to the professionals

Putting untrained people on the fire line is very dangerous and a hazard to anyone around them.
Opinion: Headline doesn’t align with facts in story

Opinion: Headline doesn’t align with facts in story

By attaching a headline like this, you are including your own narrative
Opinion: International online gambling a disaster in progress

Opinion: International online gambling a disaster in progress

In essence, international gambling corporations are the definition of predatory capitalism.
Rob Shaw: Trudeau cabinet shuffle raises questions about reforms sought by Eby

Rob Shaw: Trudeau cabinet shuffle raises questions about reforms sought by Eby

Many ministers moved out of portfolios of importance to the province