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Cartoon: Social media influences business

Cartoon: Social media influences business

Why do you think about this week's editorial cartoon? Have you read the stories about PRWDC lands and resource-recovery centre videos ?
Viewpoint: Seniors are the solution to economic problems

Viewpoint: Seniors are the solution to economic problems

With all the bickering over the Sino Bright project and accusations that seniors are standing in the way of progress, maybe it’s time to take a look at the actual facts of who contributes most to the economic health of a region.
Les Leyne: Alberta’s revenge platform is diametrically opposed to B.C. NDP’s outlook

Les Leyne: Alberta’s revenge platform is diametrically opposed to B.C. NDP’s outlook

British Columbians are familiar with Alberta premier-designate Jason Kenney’s top-line promises — “turn off the taps” on B.C. if need be, eliminate Alberta’s carbon tax and generally restore the province’s right-wing outlook.
Cartoon: Earth Day

Cartoon: Earth Day

What do you think about this week's editorial cartoon?
Editorial: Organ donation legislation will save lives

Editorial: Organ donation legislation will save lives

Nova Scotia recently became the first North American jurisdiction to pass legislation that presumes consent for organ donation. BC and other Canadian provinces should follow suit.
Les Leyne: Two governments are rupturing long friendship

Les Leyne: Two governments are rupturing long friendship

The single most dismaying political development in B.C. so far this century is the deterioration in our relationship with Alberta. They are friends and family, partners and neighbours.
BALDREY: The wackiness of B.C. politics takes a short break

BALDREY: The wackiness of B.C. politics takes a short break

The legislature is now in its two-week Easter recess and the break could not have come at a better time, given some of the oddities that characterized the session’s first half.
Letter: Whose head is in the sand?

Letter: Whose head is in the sand?

I must confess that I have personal bias and beliefs. I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t. Maybe Steve Short is the exception that proves the rule [“Letters: Head in the sand ,” April 4].
Column: The toilet paper rip off

Column: The toilet paper rip off

What seems to be the mantra of companies that manufacture household items? Baffle the customers! Baffle is a funny-sounding word, but etymology reveals a sinister side.
Letter: Powell River Waterfront Development Corporation had legal authority

Letter: Powell River Waterfront Development Corporation had legal authority

I take exception to George Orchiston claiming something in a newspaper of public record that he knows is not true.