Opinion

What's the best way to protect British Columbia future mega-fires? Thin out forests and let them burn, say three experts.

It’s that time of year again – when we set back the clocks, gain an hour of sunshine in the morning, and Daylight Saving Time officially comes to an end. On Sunday, Nov. 7, time is literally changing at 2 a.m.

Death toll from B.C. heat dome updated to 595

Editor: Richard Corbet offered some useful clarifications about royalties and subsidies in his Oct. 15 letter (“Subsidy is not the word”). The fact remains that B.C. subsidizes new fossil fuel extraction.

Editor: Your article on electric vehicle (EV) chargers needs clarification. In the article (“B.C. offers EV charging rebates for condo, apartment dwellers”, Oct.

Editor: Last Sunday was the busiest Hallowe’en we’ve had since coming to the Coast 22 years ago. We had at least 150 trick-or-treaters: from the smallest on their first time round, to the tallest on probably their last.

Editor: Upon entering the Grasshopper Pub, a server asked to check our vaccination cards. Mine could not be read as I had folded it across the bar code. She asked me if I had the earlier card that showed I had both doses.

Editor: A recent Editorial (“Old Chapman Lake debate resurfaces”, Oct. 22) quotes Brian Carson’s opinion that: “All available unbiased information points to making better use of Chapman Lake to meet our present water needs.

More than seven in 10 British Columbians think the province should establish an office similar to Quebec’s Anti-Corruption Commissioner, survey finds.