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Letter to the editor: People need to be more prepared for winter

Letter to the editor: People need to be more prepared for winter

It was or is a typical winter weather for Canada
YVR’s winter meltdown a failure in crisis leadership

YVR’s winter meltdown a failure in crisis leadership

Winter storms cancel flights and disrupt airport operations. Everyone knows that. Yet, when Metro Vancouver’s forecast delivered on its promise, the one entity required to trigger an adequate crisis response froze.
Survey: B.C.’s justice system under-funded, overly soft on offenders, respondents say

Survey: B.C.’s justice system under-funded, overly soft on offenders, respondents say

13 per cent of British Columbians provided the poorest grade available to the province’s justice system
James Steidle: Why did we build a pool with pine from New Zealand and Chile?

James Steidle: Why did we build a pool with pine from New Zealand and Chile?

What’s the point of having built a “Wood Innovation Centre” if we are buying offshore pine for our “Canfor” pool?
Jack Knox: 22 non-COVID stories of 2022

Jack Knox: 22 non-COVID stories of 2022

From the Saanich shootout to picklebrawl, this was the year post-pandemic life got moving again, in good ways and bad.
Dr. Kirsten Miller: Get the flu vaccine to help protect Northern B.C. children

Dr. Kirsten Miller: Get the flu vaccine to help protect Northern B.C. children

We have cared for infants and toddlers with such significant breathing difficulty that their whole body moves with every breath, their eyes are wide and staring and they cannot speak because they are so short of breath.
Gerry Chidiac: Christmas is a time to celebrate our common humanity

Gerry Chidiac: Christmas is a time to celebrate our common humanity

Christmas is a reminder that we are all human and should come together in peace.
Todd Whitcombe: Santa Claus makes the world a little bit better

Todd Whitcombe: Santa Claus makes the world a little bit better

The holiday season is about making the world a better place and that's something worth believing in.
Cameron Stolz: A tale of Christmas larceny

Cameron Stolz: A tale of Christmas larceny

A freezer full of holiday treats proved too much temptation for a young Cameron Stolz, many Christmases ago.
Carson Binda: Life in Canada, B.C. will get more expensive in 2023 thanks to tax hikes

Carson Binda: Life in Canada, B.C. will get more expensive in 2023 thanks to tax hikes

Next year, everything will feel more expensive as tax hikes will take a bigger chunk out of your paycheque. Both the Trudeau and Eby governments plan to hike taxes in 2023.