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Cartoon: Grocery bill

Cartoon: Grocery bill

How far are your dollars going these days?
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Editorial: Act of one, or few, casts dark shadow

Editorial: Act of one, or few, casts dark shadow

North Island MP Rachel Blaney, Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons and former qathet Regional District chair Patrick Brabazon each issued strong denouncements of the act of racism on Texada, as should everyone.
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Viewpoint: Poppy committee works throughout the year

Viewpoint: Poppy committee works throughout the year

"We do our poppy tagging on the first Friday and Saturday in November and are usually stationed at various spots in Town Centre Mall, Save-On-Foods, Quality Foods and FreshCo." ~ Karen Crashley, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 164
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Survey: Close to half of respondents want Canada to establish new guidelines for birthright citizenship

Survey: Close to half of respondents want Canada to establish new guidelines for birthright citizenship

Almost half of Canadians think it is time for Canada to consider establishing new guidelines for birthright citizenship.
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Rob Shaw: B.C. drug crisis report recommends the urgent action we already know is needed

Rob Shaw: B.C. drug crisis report recommends the urgent action we already know is needed

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Les Leyne: Committee urges same response to drug crisis as to pandemic

Les Leyne: Committee urges same response to drug crisis as to pandemic

Ten thousand people have died in the six years since the emergency was declared — illicit drug toxicity is the leading cause of unnatural death in B.C., more than homicides, car crashes, drowning and fires combined
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Rob Shaw: B.C.’s long-awaited doctor pay model plan leaves patients waiting for results

Rob Shaw: B.C.’s long-awaited doctor pay model plan leaves patients waiting for results

Health Minister Adrian Dix’s new plan to fix the family doctor system is as expensive as it is ambitious.
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Minivan Mom: Housebound and harried

Minivan Mom: Housebound and harried

"Motherhood has been the most rewarding, difficult, relentless thing I’ve ever done."
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Letter: Stick with sentiment

Letter: Stick with sentiment

For co-treatment to work even temporarily, the city would have had to build its own pre-treatment plant and new sewer lines to connect to the mill. ~ Ellen Gould
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Cartoon: Halloween help hunt

Cartoon: Halloween help hunt

What are you dressing up as today?
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