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Letter: If the SCRD can't afford it, cancel the service

Letter: If the SCRD can't afford it, cancel the service

'Fiscal prudence dictates that if you don't have the money, cancel the service. The SCRD, and our elected officials must understand that this cavalier practice of increasing tax revenues as the only solution, is no longer acceptable.'
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

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

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