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Letters: Thank you, first responders

Letters: Thank you, first responders

Editorial: Are John Rustad and the B.C. Conservatives for real?

Editorial: Are John Rustad and the B.C. Conservatives for real?

In the latest polls, Rustad and the BC Conservatives are running neck and neck with Kevin Falcon and BC United.
Letters: LED headlights are too bright on Highway 101

Letters: LED headlights are too bright on Highway 101

'Many vehicles these days have really bright, white LED lights that make driving on our dark, little rural “highway” a very unpleasant and potentially dangerous experience for oncoming traffic.'
Letters: We don’t need bigger boats, we need more boats

Letters: We don’t need bigger boats, we need more boats

'This is similar to the Martin Mars water bomber issue. There are many fans of this iconic plane, but it is more efficient to have multiple smaller aircraft to keep a more or less continuous stream of water to fight forest fires. So, I would think the same strategy applies to having multiple smaller vessels to keep a steady flow of sailings. '
Opinion: Some energy-saving ideas from the not-so-old days

Opinion: Some energy-saving ideas from the not-so-old days

Instead of 97,000 people flying to Dubai for COP 28, maybe they should just read up on some pre-modern Prince George agricultural history.
Baldrey: What's that smell? Smoke coming out of B.C. Opposition parties' ears?

Baldrey: What's that smell? Smoke coming out of B.C. Opposition parties' ears?

The NDP government’s move to cut off debate on key housing legislation in the fall sitting was not new. Other parties of multiple political stripes have done it before.
Comment: After a disastrous summer, make climate a priority

Comment: After a disastrous summer, make climate a priority

There remains a glaring incoherence at the centre of B.C.’s climate plans: continued support for and investment in LNG production and expansion.
Trevor Hancock: We carry from birth a body-burden of toxic chemicals that we add to along the way

Trevor Hancock: We carry from birth a body-burden of toxic chemicals that we add to along the way

Decades of lax assessment coupled with the assumption that chemicals are innocent until proven guilty have left us and the ecosystem with a burden of toxins
Geoff Johnson: Apprenticeship a solid post-secondary option

Geoff Johnson: Apprenticeship a solid post-secondary option

So far this year, 15,075 people in British Columbia have registered for apprenticeships, up 20% from last year
Les Leyne: Doukhobor children's lifelong wait for apology continues after 'screw up'

Les Leyne: Doukhobor children's lifelong wait for apology continues after 'screw up'

Seventy years ago, about 200 Doukhobor children were snatched from their homes and confined for several years in a remote institution in the Kootenays