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Opinion: Poll tracks rising concern for animal welfare

More Canadians have qualms about relying on animals for food, clothing and entertainment, survey finds.

Apr 7, 2022 6:00 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: Red-ink penalties scaled back for B.C. cabinet ministers, boosting their salaries

B.C. cabinet ministers were losing part of their salaries if the budget wasn't balanced

Apr 7, 2022 3:00 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: B.C. plans to rely even more on vaccines

People will make more decisions themselves about how they'll deal with COVID

Apr 6, 2022 2:30 AM Read more >

Poll: qathet respondents split on view of confidence and supply agreement between federal Liberals and NDP

Just over half of voters see the collaboration as a negative

Apr 5, 2022 3:00 PM Read more >

Les Leyne: House buyers cooling-off bill is a chiller

Very few details of how it'll work have been settled

Apr 5, 2022 1:01 AM Read more >

Cartoon: Life used to be simple

Apr 4, 2022 2:25 PM Read more >

Opinion: B.C. government 'action plan' on Indigenous peoples declaration is ambitious

Historic opportunity for change.

Apr 4, 2022 9:48 AM Read more >

Opinion: Evolution trumps creationism for Canadians, poll finds

Across Canada, 38 per cent of respondents believe creationism has a place in the classroom – down six percentage points since last year.

Apr 4, 2022 6:00 AM Read more >

Opinion: The political opportunities and challenges of Canada's new $9.1B climate plan

Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by only one per cent between 2005 and 2019. A new climate plan charts the path to deep cuts in carbon emissions in only eight years.

Apr 3, 2022 11:52 AM Read more >

Opinion: B.C. NDP needs directions to nearest off-ramp on over-taxation highway

All the government's housing taxes since 2018 have been cash grabs with no effect on affordability, speculation or availability.

Apr 3, 2022 10:11 AM Read more >