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BBB: Celebrating ethical B.C. businesses for 2023

BBB: Celebrating ethical B.C. businesses for 2023

Notable businesses, include the PNE, are being recognized for their dedication to gaining community trust.
Column: The problem with Ottawa's fiscal responsibility message

Column: The problem with Ottawa's fiscal responsibility message

Canadians need a "modest spending restraint" to see truly balanced government books, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation claims.
Opinion: Naturopathic doctors ready to relieve health-care crisis

Opinion: Naturopathic doctors ready to relieve health-care crisis

The time has come for naturopathic medicine to be fully embraced... during the current severe shortage of family doctors in this province and in particular northern BC.
Comment: Chasing higher housing density — but to what end?

Comment: Chasing higher housing density — but to what end?

The new legislation does not consider the extensive variation of capacity in designated municipalities, simply ignoring any inconvenient drawbacks.
Opinion: Online retailers ignore country of origin labeling

Opinion: Online retailers ignore country of origin labeling

Canada introduced country of origin mandatory labeling back in the 1890s to help consumers support Canadian manufacturers and industry. Online marketplaces have pulled a runaround on this tradition.
Editorial: Government must get ruthless with toxic drug traffickers

Editorial: Government must get ruthless with toxic drug traffickers

What is the difference between the sodium nitrite Kenneth Law is accused of selling and people trafficking enough fentanyl to kill dozens or hundreds of people?
Geoff Johnson: Media literacy programs on rise to help young people tell fact from fiction

Geoff Johnson: Media literacy programs on rise to help young people tell fact from fiction

The confusing nature of information available online has sparked increase use of media literacy in schools
Letter: Let's get back to basics in replacing Burnaby's C.G. Brown Pool

Letter: Let's get back to basics in replacing Burnaby's C.G. Brown Pool

Burnaby's new pool should just be "a large square box" without all the bells and whistles, this letter writer believes.
Baldrey: Ravi Kahlon — from housing minister to the NDP's 'point man'

Baldrey: Ravi Kahlon — from housing minister to the NDP's 'point man'

Columnist Keith Baldrey discusses Kahlon's ascent to B.C.'s political spotlight this past year and his "attempt to right the housing ship."
Opinion: We can’t all live like Albertans

Opinion: We can’t all live like Albertans

If everyone lived a western lifestyle, we would need five Earth’s worth of resources each year. It is not sustainable.