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Letters: Highway 101 is inadequate at best, dangerous at worst

Letters: Highway 101 is inadequate at best, dangerous at worst

'An improved highway or, better yet, a new bypass highway from Langdale to Sechelt and beyond is a critical necessity. How many more collisions or accidents have to happen before the MOTI, for which “safety” is a stated top priority, takes action?'
Letter: Quality ferry service for B.C. starts at the terminal

Letter: Quality ferry service for B.C. starts at the terminal

What's your experience like with BC Ferries? One letter writer believes it should partner with other transit authorities to mitigate capacity conundrums.
Letter: Roots of burnout may lie in Canadian societal values

Letter: Roots of burnout may lie in Canadian societal values

Editor: As an immigrant who has lived in Canada for the past seven years, I would like to point out that it appears to my “immigrant eye” that burn out is a problem that might also stem from the values of Canadian society itself.
Lawrie McFarlane: Health-care system needs a full reboot

Lawrie McFarlane: Health-care system needs a full reboot

The system has grown so convoluted and overstretched that it literally cannot be managed.
Charla Huber: Residential schools are not a conspiracy theory

Charla Huber: Residential schools are not a conspiracy theory

Each time I write about residential schools, my inbox fills with messages from conspiracy theorists, history deniers and people saying enough is enough
Geoff Johnson: Phasing out letter grades for K-9 a good thing

Geoff Johnson: Phasing out letter grades for K-9 a good thing

It will be up to teachers to explain that the proficiency scale takes into account the fact that learning occurs in different ways for each learner and doesn’t always follow a nice, predictable linear pathway
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Orange Shirt Day

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Orange Shirt Day

Comment: Ask primary care providers for ideas to fix the health system

Comment: Ask primary care providers for ideas to fix the health system

In the 1980s there was high-level political contention that there were too many physicians practising in the province.
Letters: shíshálh Nation reservoir proposals won’t solve everything

Letters: shíshálh Nation reservoir proposals won’t solve everything

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Quota for new housing units

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Quota for new housing units