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Editorial: State of emergency to prioritize supply chains, transportation of goods

Editorial: State of emergency to prioritize supply chains, transportation of goods

The state of emergency allows the provincial government to implement emergency measures around restricting travel, as well as preventing hoarding and price gouging
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Cartoon: Container contents

Cartoon: Container contents

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Opinion: So B.C. children are at risk from COVID-19. Now what?

Opinion: So B.C. children are at risk from COVID-19. Now what?

With approval of the Pfizer vaccine for children now imminent, the B.C. government is finally admitting what parents have said all along: Children are at risk. So what are they going to do about it?
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Strong majority favours requiring vaccine passports in Canadian workplaces

Strong majority favours requiring vaccine passports in Canadian workplaces

Support for proof of vaccination on the job rises 15 percentage points in six months, poll finds.
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Opinion: I took the Washington State detour to the Interior — doable but long

Opinion: I took the Washington State detour to the Interior — doable but long

Traffic was almost non-existent.
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Les Leyne: A sharp shift away from privately run child care

Les Leyne: A sharp shift away from privately run child care

It’s long been suspected that the NDP government didn’t have a lot of room in its child care expansion plans for private providers, who often charge more and pay staff less. The cabinet decision paper confirms it.
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Poll: qathet respondents split over vaccination for five to 11 years olds

Poll: qathet respondents split over vaccination for five to 11 years olds

Just over 50 per cent in favour of vaccinating their young children
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Letter: Rezoning favours developers

Letter: Rezoning favours developers

Neighbours should be guaranteed by law a meaningful voice (power to veto) in a development that affects their neighbourhood. ~ Tom Read
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Letter: Name change requires referendum

Letter: Name change requires referendum

When city representatives repeatedly go to great lengths to describe how and why a referendum would not be required, you can be assured there will be no referendum. ~ Paul McMahon
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Thank you to everyone on the front lines of the B.C. floods and mudslides

Thank you to everyone on the front lines of the B.C. floods and mudslides

A hearty thanks, on behalf of British Columbians
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