Opinion

Comment: Our community deserves a seat at the Big City Mayors鈥� table

It鈥檚 encouraging that CRD chair Colin Plant wants to lobby the Federation of 91原创 Municipalities for membership in the Big City Mayors鈥� Caucus.

Jul 22, 2024 12:21 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: Core-value change has to come from the grassroots

Rights-based arguments such as those used to fight the tobacco industry could be a powerful tool 鈥� including the rights of future generations to a healthy environment

Jul 21, 2024 10:30 AM Read more >

David Sovka: Why barbecuing is like the Spanish Inquisition, with more grill rust

Spanish conquerors in the Americas embraced the鈥濃€榖arbacoa鈥� cooking method they found, which also turned out to be a great way to 鈥渃ombat religious heresy鈥� back home

Jul 21, 2024 4:15 AM Read more >

Comment: I started swimming because there was a pool on campus

If the number of swimmers is lower than pre-COVID, this is partly because of the limited hours the pool is open.

Jul 20, 2024 11:47 AM Read more >

Letters July 20: More damage now than 60 years ago; school liaison officers; noisy Centennial Square

Jul 20, 2024 1:48 AM Read more >

Comment: Physical activity, such as swimming, can help students cope with stresses of university life

That a pool needs periodic upgrades is predictable and would surely be factored into yearly budgets.

Jul 20, 2024 12:46 AM Read more >

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Where to put an illicit-drugs consumption site

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Jul 19, 2024 5:52 PM Read more >

Letters July 19: Waiting for child welfare programs to improve; building the wrong kind of housing

Jul 19, 2024 12:42 AM Read more >

Editorial: Government fumbled on human rights appointment

A mere apology isn鈥檛 sufficient. Heads should roll in the Privy Council Office for such grievous mishandling of a sensitive appointment.

Jul 19, 2024 12:41 AM Read more >

Comment: 91原创 communities with more frequent and affordable transit

British Columbia governments spend about $1,000 annually per capita on roads, $215 to subsidize urban transit, plus about $50 on sidewalks and bikeways, but less than $5 on interregional bus services connecting communities.

Jul 18, 2024 1:27 AM Read more >