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Baldrey: Best premier? Time for change? Questions that'll determine the 2024 B.C. election

Baldrey: Best premier? Time for change? Questions that'll determine the 2024 B.C. election

Columnist Keith Baldrey lays out what he believes David Eby and John Rustad are banking on in order to win the 2024 provincial election.
Opinion: In a world of misinformation, newspapers maintain vital connections

Opinion: In a world of misinformation, newspapers maintain vital connections

Here’s how you can support local media during National Newspaper Week, running Oct. 6-12 in Canada
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Studying nuclear power to generate electricity for B.C.

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Studying nuclear power to generate electricity for B.C.

Letters: Re. 'Grave Error,' in another word, it is banning

Letters: Re. 'Grave Error,' in another word, it is banning

'Those who have no knowledge of the impact of residential schools may choose to read it or not.'
Letters: After the horror of residential schools, we owe a debt

Letters: After the horror of residential schools, we owe a debt

Please note, this letter is graphic. Please read with care.
Letter: 'A B.C. that works for all British Columbians' needs a functioning healthcare system

Letter: 'A B.C. that works for all British Columbians' needs a functioning healthcare system

This letter writer believes a priority of the next B.C. government should be to improve COVID-19 prevention in healthcare facilities.
Monique Keiran: Our salmon Ninja Warriors aren't faring well

Monique Keiran: Our salmon Ninja Warriors aren't faring well

The latest State of Salmon report by the non-profit Pacific Salmon Foundation shows declines in Pacific salmon abundance are widespread across both B.C. and the Yukon
Of a certain age: Five key questions to ask provincial candidates

Of a certain age: Five key questions to ask provincial candidates

Seniors like to vote, which means they wield a lot of power in the Powell River-Sunshine Coast riding
Letters: The medical solution in 2024 –– don’t get sick

Letters: The medical solution in 2024 –– don’t get sick

Editor: I’m a 67-year-old disabled senior who no longer has a doctor. I recently had a five-day hospitalization in Sechelt Hospital and Lions Gate Hospital.
Les Leyne: Rhetoric escalating in election-campaign class-warfare

Les Leyne: Rhetoric escalating in election-campaign class-warfare

Much of the class-conscious name-calling centres on housing policies, since housing is ground zero for the affordability crisis