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Jack Knox: Unshovelled sidewalks and the lessons of a turkey lunch

Jack Knox: Unshovelled sidewalks and the lessons of a turkey lunch

As you may have noticed, compliance with municipal bylaws requiring residents and business owners to clear the walks adjoining their properties is pretty hit and miss.
Rob Shaw: Eby is walking back two of his top leadership promises

Rob Shaw: Eby is walking back two of his top leadership promises

Premier David Eby is walking back two key promises from his leadership campaign – a new provincial mental health facility, and a proposal to involuntarily detain people who overdose for treatment.
Jack Knox: Going Three Stooges for our fellow Canuckleheads

Jack Knox: Going Three Stooges for our fellow Canuckleheads

What better time than the solstice to offer the rest of the country the spectacle of Victorians wringing their hands at the kind of weather people in Calgary equate with the August long weekend?
Letters: ‘Urban infill’ is not for West Sechelt

Letters: ‘Urban infill’ is not for West Sechelt

'Rezoning does not provide affordable housing. In my view it should have be turned down immediately, hopefully, the “public hearing” process will send a message loud and clear that “urban infill” is meant for the Village area and not West Sechelt.'
Letters: If our water system was a house

Letters: If our water system was a house

'Imagine if our SCRD water system was a house. Somebody started building it over 80 years ago – just a shack for a small family. In the 1960s, the SCRD formed and took over the build. It took about 10 years, but they improved the house and added wings (Chapman and Edwards Reservoirs).'
Jack Knox: Grant helps charity help out-of-sight seniors at Christmas

Jack Knox: Grant helps charity help out-of-sight seniors at Christmas

Christmas packages for seniors are being assembled in a corner of the Soap for Hope Canada warehouse in Vic West.
Rob Shaw: Five people got $1.3 million in severance when Eby became premier

Rob Shaw: Five people got $1.3 million in severance when Eby became premier

The difference in this case is that the governing party didn’t change, only the leaders. And yet it still cost taxpayers $1.3 million to fire five people.
Survey: Canadians predict a merrier Christmas, happier holidays this year

Survey: Canadians predict a merrier Christmas, happier holidays this year

While “Merry Christmas” is far from the all-time high of 74 per cent it enjoyed in 2018 it continues to outrank “Happy Holidays” by a 3-1 margin.
Letter: Make your own BC Ferries board game

Letter: Make your own BC Ferries board game

'Players spin to move and take a boarding card which may say things like: ferry cancelled due to crew shortage, wait one turn; or ferry accidentally drops anchor lose one turn; or congratulations you qualify for seniors discount, if mid-week take free spin; or whales spotted off starboard bow take free spin.'
Opinion: BC Supreme Court lawsuit trips up fast-rising Vancouver unicorn

Opinion: BC Supreme Court lawsuit trips up fast-rising Vancouver unicorn

Like all court claims, nothing has been proven.