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Geoff Johnson: Children should be protected from frightening images of war

Geoff Johnson: Children should be protected from frightening images of war

Very young children do not need to learn specifics about conflicts they can’t understand, and should be reassured that the war is far away
Comment: A new challenge for Canadians of any colour: Remixed racism

Comment: A new challenge for Canadians of any colour: Remixed racism

Today’s “chattering classes” do not encourage Canadians to recognize the success of previous generations of Black Canadians who fought hard for a better life.
Les Leyne: Public hearings curbed in housing bill

Les Leyne: Public hearings curbed in housing bill

The move builds on antipathy to the public hearing process that has been building for a few years.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Looking for protection from vandals

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Looking for protection from vandals

Les Leyne: A hard no to chief coroner's drug plan after DULF trafficking allegations

Les Leyne: A hard no to chief coroner's drug plan after DULF trafficking allegations

It looks like the government was scorched by the revelations last week about the “Vancouver Drug Users Liberation Front.”
Editorial: Public hearings about affordable housing projects are unhelpful at best

Editorial: Public hearings about affordable housing projects are unhelpful at best

For decades, public hearings have been an almost sacred part of the process, but are they doing more harm than good in the midst of a housing crisis?
Les Leyne: Carbon tax on shaky ground since Trudeau blunder

Les Leyne: Carbon tax on shaky ground since Trudeau blunder

BC United is retreating from one of its predecessor party’s most cherished positions, while the NDP, which once campaigned against the carbon tax, is defending it.
Opinion: Buffy Sainte-Marie and adoption

Opinion: Buffy Sainte-Marie and adoption

Many, including the Piapot First Nation, are pointing to the fact that she was adopted by Emile Piapot and Clara Starblanket Piapot.
Letter: Give credit where credit is due for Mayor Henderson

Letter: Give credit where credit is due for Mayor Henderson

'He is forever going above and beyond the normal expectations of time commitments from an elected official. Perhaps he is even having to spend his own money to promote public awareness of potential solutions for the shortcomings of the SCRD and provincial and federal governments?'
Kirk LaPointe: B.C. is training to win an EV race nobody’s in and no one asked for

Kirk LaPointe: B.C. is training to win an EV race nobody’s in and no one asked for

B.C.'s government is racing to be the first jurisdiction globally to require by law that only electric vehicles be sold, writes Kirk LaPointe