Opinion

Picture a typical international post-secondary student enrolled at a B.C. institution. There are — or were — more than 150,000 of them, and their lives have been uprooted even more than most people’s due to COVID-19.

Ho hum, another extension this week of the state-of-emergency declaration to give politicians more powers to cope with the pandemic.

Dave Formosa says Class of 2020 is 'one to go in the record books'

Condo residents will develop a sinking feeling once the B.C. government’s moves this week on the insurance crisis are fully digested. They are ineffectual in the short-term and will only make a mild difference over time. B.C.

They did it again. After a dreadful weekend performance on Route 3 highlighted by overloads, delays and unbelievable walk-on passenger lineups at Langdale, BC Ferries released a “summer schedule” Monday that completely stiffed the Sunshine Coast.

“You never want to let a serious crisis go to waste.” That’s what Rahm Emanuel, chief of staff to then-incoming U.S. President Barack Obama, once said during the 2008 recession. A crisis allows an opportunity to do things not thought possible before.

Clearly, many Powell River residents are against bottling of water, but how many are against buying bottled water? More than 200 people took the time to write a letter to the city opposing council’s recent decision, which directed staff to prepare an

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Lately I can’t sleep. The weight of the world’s problems are so heavy. I look out into the world overwhelmed by blatant racism, a worldwide pandemic and our urgent climate crisis.

On June 14, Northern Sunshine Coast Ferry Advisory Committee chair Kim Barton-Bridges sent the following letter to premier John Horgan, transportation minister Clair Trevena, Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons, BC Ferries CEO Mark Collin