Opinion

Opinion: If you eat, you're paying the carbon tax

To reduce or avoid the carbon tax on our food, we would need to challenge the big producers and retailers and their ridiculous supply chains.

Nov 23, 2023 4:45 AM Read more >

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Battling an octopus

Nov 23, 2023 3:45 AM Read more >

We must uphold children's rights in Canada: New West—Burnaby MP

The first debate for Peter Julian's Bill C-273 starts at the end of November. Here's what you need to know.

Nov 22, 2023 5:45 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: Ombudsman finds COVID benefits clawback unfair

He released a report on how midstream changes to the B.C. Emergency Benefit mean thousands of people are being asked to return $1,000 grants.

Nov 22, 2023 4:35 AM Read more >

Comment: Canada must double social housing this National Housing Day

Homes are like oxygen or water — utterly essential for human life.

Nov 22, 2023 4:08 AM Read more >

Opinion: Home prices have gone up much faster than inflation

House prices have gone through the roof and wages have not kept up.

Nov 21, 2023 4:45 AM Read more >

Adrian Raeside cartoon: B.C. government's catalogue of standardized house designs

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Nov 21, 2023 2:54 AM Read more >

Baldrey: Why Premier David Eby — one year later — says there's more work ahead

At the first B.C. NDP convention in four years, Eby's messaging on the future was made "abundantly clear," according to Keith Baldrey.

Nov 20, 2023 11:45 AM Read more >

Minter: Forcing bulbs — an age-old tradition made new

Master gardener Brian Minter: Being able to enjoy spring flowers on a windowsill in January is a real spirit lifter.

Nov 19, 2023 8:45 AM Read more >

David Sovka: A primer on cryptocurrency, a.k.a. a fool and his money are soon parted

Cryptocurrency is made up by a process called “mining.” I would give you a detailed explanation of this process, but the important thing to know is the process does not involve mining in any way

Nov 19, 2023 5:15 AM Read more >