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Jack Knox: Customers feel boxed in by Canada Post fuel surcharges

Jack Knox: Customers feel boxed in by Canada Post fuel surcharges

On Monday, Canada Post's fuel surcharges for domestic delivery reached 39.5 per cent, prompting Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns to raise the issue in the House of Commons.
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Letter: Harbours cost City of Powell River nothing

Letter: Harbours cost City of Powell River nothing

"What is defined in the staff report as a 'loss' is actually profit the city could realize if it applied property tax to the harbours." ~ Ken Kolba
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Carson Binda: It’s time to put out the ICBC dumpster fire

Carson Binda: It’s time to put out the ICBC dumpster fire

Drivers in British Columbia deserve better than ICBC.
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Kirk LaPointe: Long-awaited Indo-Pacific Strategy falls short

Kirk LaPointe: Long-awaited Indo-Pacific Strategy falls short

The streets are filled with protests on its zero-COVID dictate. The Chinese government is showing signs of worry. The Mounties are investigating China’s infiltration in Canadian affairs. The Chinese government is shrugging it off.
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Rob Shaw: The privatization of health-care services jobs was harmful then and would be now

Rob Shaw: The privatization of health-care services jobs was harmful then and would be now

Cora Mojica clearly remembers the moment when she found out her food prep job at Vancouver General Hospital was being repatriated from a private company back into government.
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Cartoon: Driving conditions

Cartoon: Driving conditions

Have you put those winter tires on yet?
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Letters: Canada's embarrassing performance in the Climate Change Performance Index

Letters: Canada's embarrassing performance in the Climate Change Performance Index

'Once again, Canada scores near the bottom among the 60 countries that the Climate Change Performance Index ranks for their performance in addressing climate change.'
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Survey: More British Columbians are now eager to expand their travel horizons

Survey: More British Columbians are now eager to expand their travel horizons

The pandemic caused significant problems for those who wanted to get away during two holiday seasons.
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Rob Shaw: Premier Eby may be a ‘man of action,’ but it's in the face of BC NDP inaction

Rob Shaw: Premier Eby may be a ‘man of action,’ but it's in the face of BC NDP inaction

Experienced ministers are getting their portfolios kicked in the rear end by the new premier, as he pushes forward with policy reversals and new programs
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Letters: Commercial traffic key to ferry overloads on the Coast

Letters: Commercial traffic key to ferry overloads on the Coast

'On an average sailing, the commercial vehicles were displacing the car traffic by three cars per truck. On several sailings in both directions, the displacement was as high as 70 cars. The committee recommended that most of the commercial traffic could be re-routed from the barge loading ramp at Lynnterm Terminals through Burrard Inlet to Peninsula Transport in the Port Mellon area, alleviating the commercial traffic from the upper levels Highway and congestion at Horseshoe Bay.'
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