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Opinion: When to hold it, what to wear when celebrating it: Halloween hot-button issues

Opinion: When to hold it, what to wear when celebrating it: Halloween hot-button issues

As Halloween approaches, the excitement of children is evident across Canada.
Chris Pereira: Worsening geopolitical crisis with China, or signs of stability?

Chris Pereira: Worsening geopolitical crisis with China, or signs of stability?

Depends on who you ask, and what language you speak. Canada can help.
Rob Shaw: Eby administration appointments signal major change for BC NDP

Rob Shaw: Eby administration appointments signal major change for BC NDP

Premier-designate David Eby signalled big changes are coming for both B.C.’s civil service, as well as the NDP’s next election campaign, with the appointment of two new top officials to his administration this week.
Letters: Build grey water recycling into the building code

Letters: Build grey water recycling into the building code

'What to do about the water shortage! Permits are given for new builds, people are employed, more neighbourhoods are built and the share of water diminishes year to year.'
Rob Shaw: If it can’t tackle crime, BC NDP faces political punishment

Rob Shaw: If it can’t tackle crime, BC NDP faces political punishment

The party – and the public – better hope the next premier has a plan in place to tackle the province's plague of crime and violence.
Jack Knox: It's all fun until someone jumps in the casket with the dead guy

Jack Knox: It's all fun until someone jumps in the casket with the dead guy

An act of kindness for a stranger turned into a bizarre story for Leah Flatman of Saanich, now living in Montreal
Opinion: There are more Canadian organ donation supporters than registered Canadian donors

Opinion: There are more Canadian organ donation supporters than registered Canadian donors

B.C. and Alberta emerge as the provinces with the highest incidence of prospective organ and tissue donors
Letter: Stop blaming our small-town government for our environmental crises

Letter: Stop blaming our small-town government for our environmental crises

'I believe that our previous municipal governments and staff have worked pretty diligently on solving the water shortages. Like other jurisdictions, we have been overwhelmed by the magnitude of the problem, and solutions are often out of range of our local governments. I hope we can give our new leaders our support in working through these problems.'
Letters: Water meters imperative on the Coast

Letters: Water meters imperative on the Coast

Letters: How much must be destroyed before governments take our climate crisis seriously?

Letters: How much must be destroyed before governments take our climate crisis seriously?

'Neither Canada nor the provinces have a credible plan for a phase down of fossil fuel use and a transition to renewable energy by 2050. Nor do any of them have an operational plan for adaptation to climate risks. How much property must be destroyed, how many people must die, before our governments take the climate crisis seriously?'