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Letters: Prioritize long-term housing

Letters: Prioritize long-term housing

'Given the limited long-term rental prospects, might it not be time for all levels of government to put significant resources into non-profit co-op housing that doesn’t feed the speculation that has caused so much pain and suffering?'
Opinion: If you struggle with mental health or addiction, ​​I see you and I hear you

Opinion: If you struggle with mental health or addiction, ​​I see you and I hear you

'Having struggled with addiction and mental health issues since I was 17, I am well aware of the daily battles as well as the constant power that your 'demon(s)' have against you.'
Opinion: Make sure you know what you’re retiring to — a son’s story

Opinion: Make sure you know what you’re retiring to — a son’s story

A Squamish financial planner's story of loss and finding purpose.
Rob Shaw: Eby banks on electricity. Now we just have to find it

Rob Shaw: Eby banks on electricity. Now we just have to find it

Many questions remain as the premier pins the energy future on electricity ahead of other options
Letters: Recommendations for better transit

Letters: Recommendations for better transit

Opinion: How Canadians lie – and how we justify telling untruths

Opinion: How Canadians lie – and how we justify telling untruths

This is the first of three columns that explore Canadians' relationship with the truth, based on polling from Research Co. and Glacier Media
Opinion: We must fix our failure to fight online hate and harassment

Opinion: We must fix our failure to fight online hate and harassment

For seven years, Jody Vance’s world was turned upside down, inside out, scrambled, stalked, shattered and scarred.
Opinion: Let’s talk about poverty on the Sunshine Coast

Opinion: Let’s talk about poverty on the Sunshine Coast

Nearly 4,000 people are living in poverty on the Coast, according to Statistics Canada. Nearly 800 of them are children and teenagers: one in five children.  
Letter: Coopers Green affair is a bureaucratic boondoggle

Letter: Coopers Green affair is a bureaucratic boondoggle

Opinion: Celebrating our social workers during Social Work Week

Opinion: Celebrating our social workers during Social Work Week

“Once you become a social worker,” a professor told us in social work school, “you will be one 24 hours/day. For your parents, kids, friends, strangers, colleagues, and clients.”  Social Work Week is when we can stop, reflect, and celebrate our many important roles.