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Adrian Raeside cartoon, April 30: Meeting those housing quotas

Adrian Raeside cartoon, April 30: Meeting those housing quotas

Comment: We need new thinking to tackle the overdose crisis

Comment: We need new thinking to tackle the overdose crisis

By 2023, the number of deaths from illegal drugs had increased to 2,546. Understanding how this increase has come about is crucial to addressing the problem.
Comment: Victoria is hurting small businesses

Comment: Victoria is hurting small businesses

Owning a small business is hard, but there are some elements of doing business in Victoria that make it even harder.
Letters April 30: We can easily save old growth; VicPD must enforce red-light runners

Letters April 30: We can easily save old growth; VicPD must enforce red-light runners

Trevor Hancock: Governments need to limit plastic production to protect health, environment

Trevor Hancock: Governments need to limit plastic production to protect health, environment

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest plastic additive chemicals are present in the bodies of nearly all Americans
Monique Keiran: Fend off ticks by smelling like an ant

Monique Keiran: Fend off ticks by smelling like an ant

Researchers at SFU who discovered ticks avoid surfaces where ants have been hope to get a patent to make an ant-pheromone topical repellent to protect hikers and campers.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: It's a dog's life on B.C. Ferries

Adrian Raeside cartoon: It's a dog's life on B.C. Ferries

Comment: Taylor gave his heart and spirit to the entire school

Comment: Taylor gave his heart and spirit to the entire school

Beloved teacher, coach and principal wanted students to be active in and outside the classroom — in sports, music, theatre and all other extra-curriculars.
Comment: People with drug addictions need help — but not this way

Comment: People with drug addictions need help — but not this way

A patient’s pre-existing drug dependency can and should be managed by the health care professionals, not the patients themselves.
Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

B.C.’s historic drug decriminalization experiment is being dramatically scaled back as the NDP government retreats in the face of sustained public anxiety about what it is doing to perceptions of public safety.