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Opinion: Pesticide industry twists our view of a healthy lawn

Opinion: Pesticide industry twists our view of a healthy lawn

Whoever told us dandelions and clover were weeds? And whoever told us an ecological dead-zone lawn with nothing for a bee to feast on is attractive let alone a symbol of success? 
Employer-employee disconnect frustrates job market conditions, survey finds

Employer-employee disconnect frustrates job market conditions, survey finds

The Addressing the Labour Market Gap survey collected responses from employers and employees in B.C.
Letters: An important dog distinction

Letters: An important dog distinction

People who try to pass off they ESAs as valid service animals are doing a tremendous disservice to those with true, valid, certified service dogs. 
Letters: Astronomic water bills

Letters: Astronomic water bills

I have a small cabin in Pender Harbour. We have no septic, only water service. The annual water bill increased 28.3% this year which comes on top of 13.8%, 50% and 50% increases in the prior three years.
Letters: Watching the Porpoise Bay boat population grow

Letters: Watching the Porpoise Bay boat population grow

In the last couple years, I’ve watched the Porpoise Bay boat population steadily increase.
Letters: Regulate, tax it

Letters: Regulate, tax it

Thank you for printing Ms. Rantanen’s painful and tragic piece about her son’s death by overdose and your accompanying editorial (“And the emergency goes on”). Imagine her grief and tragedy multiplied by 30,000
Letters: It's scary on Coast roads these days

Letters: It's scary on Coast roads these days

'What’s with the all the serious accidents on the Coast? The other week alone there were two serious accidents. One on Tuesday, May 30, at Roberts Creek Road and the highway where two cars appeared to be involved.'
Keith Baldrey: Wildfire season will put B.C.'s year-round control strategy to the test

Keith Baldrey: Wildfire season will put B.C.'s year-round control strategy to the test

Drought, record high temperatures have forest and wildfire service workers sounding the alarm.
Rob Shaw: Province's battle with inflation, higher interest rates, is far from over

Rob Shaw: Province's battle with inflation, higher interest rates, is far from over

David Eby finds himself under more pressure to provide support in inflationary, higher-interest-rate times
Comment: Put sensible limits on the e-bike rebate program

Comment: Put sensible limits on the e-bike rebate program

The program has failed by not restricting the rebate to people who plan to actually use an e-bike as an alternate mode of transportation rather than recreational use.