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Kirk LaPointe: BC NDP’s enduring popularity a puzzler for opponents

Kirk LaPointe: BC NDP’s enduring popularity a puzzler for opponents

Long health-care wait times, housing woes and a giant deficit haven't proven fatal for provincial government
Trevor Hancock: It’s time the financial sector invested in our health and well-being

Trevor Hancock: It’s time the financial sector invested in our health and well-being

The issue comes under the broad heading of ethical investment, in which environmental, social and governance concerns are a factor in making investment decisions.
David Sovka: Poop and chaos: One man's stand against against rats

David Sovka: Poop and chaos: One man's stand against against rats

Right now the two most successful vertebrate species on the entire planet are in a bit of a tussle at my house, and maybe at yours, too.
John Ducker: Keep kids safe from the dangers of hot cars

John Ducker: Keep kids safe from the dangers of hot cars

North America-wide, about 38 children die each year from being left in an overheated vehicle. They are tragic circumstances beyond imagination. Why does it happen?
Rob Shaw: How B.C.'s first Seniors Advocate transformed elderly care

Rob Shaw: How B.C.'s first Seniors Advocate transformed elderly care

Isobel Mackenzie leaves behind a legacy of advocacy that led to meaningful policy changes in seniors care
Opinion: Data doesn’t support proposed B.C. hunting regulations

Opinion: Data doesn’t support proposed B.C. hunting regulations

Further reducing hunting opportunities goes well beyond sustainable wildlife management
Letters: Sechelt OCP changes could have long-term impact

Letters: Sechelt OCP changes could have long-term impact

Letter: In response to Keith Roy

Letter: In response to Keith Roy

'I’ve always put our communities first, even when it meant challenging my party’s policies, including on the climate, electoral reform, and foreign affairs'
Letters: We live comparatively lavish lifestyles, can we change?

Letters: We live comparatively lavish lifestyles, can we change?

'I know of a few consequential individuals who have made remarkable personal efforts, such as collecting all grey water or abstaining from any air travel. But few in the industrialized nations have been willing to fully commit, through lived experience, to something significantly less than our relatively lavish lifestyles, compared to most of the planet.'
Rob Shaw: Locke's 'Simpsons' strategy works as NDP caves on Surrey policing funds

Rob Shaw: Locke's 'Simpsons' strategy works as NDP caves on Surrey policing funds

Cash for co-operation? NDP government offers millions of dollars more to mayor to end Surrey police stalemate