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Rob Shaw: Online exploitation legislation tears down political walls for grieving B.C. family

Rob Shaw: Online exploitation legislation tears down political walls for grieving B.C. family

‘He promised me Carson’s death would not be in vain,’ father Ryan Cleland recalls of encounter with premier
Editorial: BC NDP all hot air on 2030 gas ban plan

Editorial: BC NDP all hot air on 2030 gas ban plan

During a housing crisis for availability and affordability, the BC government is offering a plan to make new homes more expensive to build and live in.
Comment: Feeding addicts what they crave is no solution

Comment: Feeding addicts what they crave is no solution

The suggestion that expanding access to hydromorphone by making it available without prescription will do nothing to reduce toxic fentanyl overdoses.
Minter: How pruning fruit trees can be fun

Minter: How pruning fruit trees can be fun

"Open-vase" pruning allows fruit to develop inside the tree and on growing branches, explains master gardener Brian Minter.
Trevor Hancock: The fossil-fuel industry is the new tobacco

Trevor Hancock: The fossil-fuel industry is the new tobacco

Not only does it disregard the wellbeing of people and the planet in its pursuit of profit, it uses many of the same tactics — even consultants — as the tobacco industry
Geoff Johnson: Move to ditch SATS raises concerns about relying on school transcripts

Geoff Johnson: Move to ditch SATS raises concerns about relying on school transcripts

The question left hanging is whether the transcripts from high school A are equivalent to those from high school B
David Sovka: Physical violence and other birthday traditions

David Sovka: Physical violence and other birthday traditions

In Spain, they tug hard on your ear once for every year you’ve lived. In the 1970s Canada, they banged your bum on the ground, once for every year, and fed you cake containing choking hazards
BBB: Looking for Ozempic? Here’s how to avoid buying phony medication

BBB: Looking for Ozempic? Here’s how to avoid buying phony medication

Experts are alerting local residents of low prices on medical aids like Ozempic as they may be too good to be true.
Letter: Cheap, clean, renewable energy is the key to a better future

Letter: Cheap, clean, renewable energy is the key to a better future

Why would Ottawa subsidize the corporations that are responsible for the climate crisis while we are forced to shoulder the costly impacts of extreme weather? this letter writer asks.
Greg Perry cartoon: ER wait times are getting pretty deadly

Greg Perry cartoon: ER wait times are getting pretty deadly