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Letters: Our water crisis is year-round

Letters: Our water crisis is year-round

'It’s January and recent weather has brought rain, snow, melting and once again water running down the mountain slopes. However, we are still in the grip of climate change. It’s a four-season affair, not limited to summer and now fall.'
Jack Knox: Sending handmade love through the Victoria-Ukraine pipeline

Jack Knox: Sending handmade love through the Victoria-Ukraine pipeline

The Compassionate Resource Warehouse has filled 13 40-foot shipping containers with aid from Vancouver Island to help Ukrainians.
Jack Knox: How would you feel about becoming a lighthouse keeper?

Jack Knox: How would you feel about becoming a lighthouse keeper?

Even with a reduced number of light stations, it hasn’t been easy to find people to live/work at them.
Rob Shaw: Expect Eby to press street safety with Trudeau on Sunday – even if it’s at a parade

Rob Shaw: Expect Eby to press street safety with Trudeau on Sunday – even if it’s at a parade

Premier David Eby and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet face-to-face for the first time Sunday, as several key federal-provincial issues continue to fester unresolved.
Letters: A case for switching to AirBnB

Letters: A case for switching to AirBnB

'Landlords can’t evict a tenant who doesn’t pay rent, but we have to pay interest on the tenants’ deposit. Even though it can take up to a year to get them out.'
Letters: SIMON FRASER

Letters: SIMON FRASER

1776 – 1862 an American Scot NW Company gave the call, Joined the fur trade, Montreal. Pushing ever west to know, All the places’ beavers go. Peace River pass and posts to trade, Pacific access not yet made.
Peter Ewart: We need more community control over our forests

Peter Ewart: We need more community control over our forests

For too long, government forest policy has been under the thumb of the giant globalized forest companies with just about everyone else relegated to the sidelines. And we are seeing the results of this lop-sided big company domination with the sorry state of our forests today.
Survey: Pessimism over the economy, personal finances in Canada is up across the country

Survey: Pessimism over the economy, personal finances in Canada is up across the country

Every six months, Research Co. and Glacier Media ask Canadians about the state of finances in the country and inside their homes.
Jack Knox: After almost 105 years of life, a kind gesture remembered

Jack Knox: After almost 105 years of life, a kind gesture remembered

Lew Duddridge died Jan. 4. It was a good life, his wife Hilda says, made better along the way by the kindness of others.
Opinion: Canucks' handling of coach Bruce Boudreau another abysmal business blunder

Opinion: Canucks' handling of coach Bruce Boudreau another abysmal business blunder

I know what it’s like in an organization to be the Dead Man Walking, when you know in your heart that your stint is up and that it’s only a matter of time before it’s all made formal.