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Rob Shaw: Leaked VPD report an inflated work of fiction

Rob Shaw: Leaked VPD report an inflated work of fiction

The VPD summary concludes that $1.1 million is being spent a day on “charitable investments into non-profit organizations based in the Downtown Eastside” while poverty and crime get worse.
Letter: Stop burning petroleum, value it

Letter: Stop burning petroleum, value it

'Petroleum is a very valuable carbon resource that produces some 6,000 useful products, many of which can be produced without using petroleum feedstocks, however, the portion of petroleum resources that go to manufacture those products is around 13 per cent of the petroleum we consume. The rest we burn, and by burning it produce the greenhouse gases that are killing our one and only planet.'
Rob Shaw: Poilievre and Eby have a lot in common on housing

Rob Shaw: Poilievre and Eby have a lot in common on housing

Pierre Poilievre and David Eby have a lot in common in their plans to address British Columbia’s housing market. It’s just that neither of them wants to actually say that out loud.
Jack Knox: Computer pioneer lived quietly in our midst

Jack Knox: Computer pioneer lived quietly in our midst

Kathleen Booth’s work was so significant that when the 100-year-old died this fall, her passing merited major media coverage in her native Britain. So why didn’t we all know that she had spent the past 44 years living in Sooke?
Letters: Road ‘improvements’ wreaking havoc

Letters: Road ‘improvements’ wreaking havoc

Letters: Thank you community, for the help

Letters: Thank you community, for the help

'I want to thank all the wonderful people who helped me on Oct. 11 when I broke my ankle in Winegarden Park in Gibsons. The two women who helped me on the hill were angels.'
Mario Canseco: Survey: Support for changing British Columbia’s name is highest among youth

Mario Canseco: Survey: Support for changing British Columbia’s name is highest among youth

In August 2021, shortly after the federal government announced its intention to enhance support to Indigenous communities as a result of recent discoveries related to residential schools, Research Co.
Rob Shaw: Eby has yet to live up to mounting ‘man of action’ expectations

Rob Shaw: Eby has yet to live up to mounting ‘man of action’ expectations

David Eby never actually called himself the “man of action,” but boy has the moniker stuck in the early days of the premier-designate’s tenure. Unfortunately, that label is proving to be both a blessing and a curse.
Letters: We need to yell like Peter Finch when it comes to BC Ferries

Letters: We need to yell like Peter Finch when it comes to BC Ferries

'We ought to be yelling: “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!” as Peter Finch did in Network.'
Rob Shaw: Eby praises period poverty cause as provincial task force gets underway

Rob Shaw: Eby praises period poverty cause as provincial task force gets underway

“No one should have to choose between buying groceries and period products, it’s that simple,” said David Eby.