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Letters: Clocks for climate change

Letters: Clocks for climate change

Editor: Could it be that Daylight Savings is more relevant today with our efforts to mitigate climate change? The minor inconvenience of changing our clocks twice a year for daylight savings could be a way for all of us to make a positive impact on t
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Canadians watching their language more carefully, poll finds

Canadians watching their language more carefully, poll finds

Since 2019, more people are making efforts to avoid swearing around others.
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Concern over crime remains a major issue in B.C. municipalities

Concern over crime remains a major issue in B.C. municipalities

Almost half of British Columbians feel the level of criminal activity in their community has increased over the past four years
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Column: Remembering ‘incomparable’ Indigenous leader Lillian Howard

Column: Remembering ‘incomparable’ Indigenous leader Lillian Howard

The 70-year-old champion of Indigenous rights and culture died Oct. 30
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Opinion: Yes, we can save B.C. from the worst wildfires — here's how

Opinion: Yes, we can save B.C. from the worst wildfires — here's how

What's the best way to protect British Columbia future mega-fires? Thin out forests and let them burn, say three experts.
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Editorial: Times they are a changin’, again

Editorial: Times they are a changin’, again

It’s that time of year again – when we set back the clocks, gain an hour of sunshine in the morning, and Daylight Saving Time officially comes to an end. On Sunday, Nov. 7, time is literally changing at 2 a.m.
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Opinion: A lesson from the deadly heat dome

Opinion: A lesson from the deadly heat dome

Death toll from B.C. heat dome updated to 595
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Letters: B.C. royalty regime involves subsidies

Letters: B.C. royalty regime involves subsidies

Editor: Richard Corbet offered some useful clarifications about royalties and subsidies in his Oct. 15 letter (“Subsidy is not the word”). The fact remains that B.C. subsidizes new fossil fuel extraction.
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Letters: Not so fast

Letters: Not so fast

Editor: Your article on electric vehicle (EV) chargers needs clarification. In the article (“B.C. offers EV charging rebates for condo, apartment dwellers”, Oct.
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Letters: A happy Halloween

Letters: A happy Halloween

Editor: Last Sunday was the busiest Hallowe’en we’ve had since coming to the Coast 22 years ago. We had at least 150 trick-or-treaters: from the smallest on their first time round, to the tallest on probably their last.
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