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Near and Far: Millions never participate in our democracy

Near and Far: Millions never participate in our democracy

There is something wonderfully democratic in the idea that literally anyone can seek to become a member of parliament.
Opinion: Premier stays in COVID-19 background, but still manages to make gaffes

Opinion: Premier stays in COVID-19 background, but still manages to make gaffes

Horgan lets Henry and Dix do most of the talking
Kicking the Clutter: How to free yourself from clutter traps

Kicking the Clutter: How to free yourself from clutter traps

Do you have an emotional attachment to your stuff?
Guest editorial: Campaign in Powell River highlights commitment through COVID challenges

Guest editorial: Campaign in Powell River highlights commitment through COVID challenges

The Face Behind the Mask campaign featured community’s caring
This is our highway!

This is our highway!

Editor: “Route 3” as BC Ferries calls it, is our – Sunshine Coast residents’ – highway! The idea of restricting access to people that want to go to Vancouver on short notice or come back whenever they are finished doing
Thin edge of the wedge

Thin edge of the wedge

Editor: I’m fully opposed to the changes for reservations and fares BC Ferries is proposing for the Langdale service. The limited advantages for the ridership of BC Ferries would not be worth the added costs they entail.
An elitist proposal

An elitist proposal

Editor: I have yet to figure out the ins and outs of BC Ferries’ confusing new reservation and payment system and so I won’t address those details.
Earth to BC Ferries

Earth to BC Ferries

Editor: The new BC Ferries summer reservation system is totally disappointing. It feels like we are reliving a passage from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy .
Taking away our access

Taking away our access

Editor: The ferry reservation system change is really a bad idea, wrapped up inside of a sneaky fare increase.
Poorly conceived idea

Poorly conceived idea

Editor: BC Ferries’ latest proposal to make Route 3 a 95 per cent reservations system is missing a big point.