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Minter: Winter flowering shrubs are treasures for all

Minter: Winter flowering shrubs are treasures for all

Master gardener Brian Minter says adding shrubs, and its plentiful colours, can provide comfort on greyer days this season.
Trevor Hancock: We carry from birth a body-burden of toxic chemicals that we add to along the way

Trevor Hancock: We carry from birth a body-burden of toxic chemicals that we add to along the way

Decades of lax assessment coupled with the assumption that chemicals are innocent until proven guilty have left us and the ecosystem with a burden of toxins
Geoff Johnson: Apprenticeship a solid post-secondary option

Geoff Johnson: Apprenticeship a solid post-secondary option

So far this year, 15,075 people in British Columbia have registered for apprenticeships, up 20% from last year
Charla Huber: Story of generosity offers a glimpse of the humans behind the badge

Charla Huber: Story of generosity offers a glimpse of the humans behind the badge

With the relationship between police and Indigenous people sometimes fraught, it’s good to hear of how an officer helped a woman who was moving into her first home, but had nothing to move.
David Sovka: A prairie boy's love letter to B.C. Ferries

David Sovka: A prairie boy's love letter to B.C. Ferries

I love the weird metallic clunking noises you hear when boarding, the random strange smells in whatever hallways are called on a boat, and even the long lines and crazy expense for mediocre food.
Column: Budget update proves government isn't serious about federal finances

Column: Budget update proves government isn't serious about federal finances

Put down the credit card and pick up some scissors, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation's best suggestion for Ottawa.
Les Leyne: Doukhobor children's lifelong wait for apology continues after 'screw up'

Les Leyne: Doukhobor children's lifelong wait for apology continues after 'screw up'

Seventy years ago, about 200 Doukhobor children were snatched from their homes and confined for several years in a remote institution in the Kootenays
Comment: A global climate change emergency statement for COP28

Comment: A global climate change emergency statement for COP28

“Humanity is conducting an unintended, uncontrolled, globally pervasive experiment whose ultimate consequence could be second only to a global nuclear war.”
Editorial: So you’re a victim? Are you sure about that?

Editorial: So you’re a victim? Are you sure about that?

Whomever holds less power in a relationship is the victim, which makes whoever holds more power the oppressor.
Les Leyne: Conservative duo heats up debate with talk of chickens, pots and edible insects

Les Leyne: Conservative duo heats up debate with talk of chickens, pots and edible insects

For the first time in 50 years, the Conservative Party of B.C. had two MLAs in the house, and their hawkish views have people literally rolling their eyes at times.