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Malahat crashes not frequent enough to warrant multimillion-dollar fix, study finds

Malahat crashes not frequent enough to warrant multimillion-dollar fix, study finds

Here’s the optimistic version: If they’re going to unveil a permanent fix for the Malahat anyway, it would be nuts to chuck a bucket of money at an emergency-detour route. But that’s a big if.
Student Life: Building a foundation and breaking out

Student Life: Building a foundation and breaking out

The school curriculum has a very precise, strict and confining air about it. There are rules set in place, and steps to follow if we want to succeed.
Opinion: Forget a snap B.C. election - expect a shuffle

Opinion: Forget a snap B.C. election - expect a shuffle

Forget about a snap election call in the coming year. Instead, keep an eye out for a looming cabinet shuffle. That much was made clear to me by Premier John Horgan in our annual year-end interview on Global.
Cartoon: Wish list

Cartoon: Wish list

What do you think about this week's editorial cartoon?
Healthy Living: Everyone has a story

Healthy Living: Everyone has a story

My story begins before I do, with my beautiful steamship-travelling British mom and dapper Croatian/Yugoslavian (in that geopolitical moment in time) speaking dad in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Opinion: Horgan-Trudeau bromance may help push health-care agenda

Opinion: Horgan-Trudeau bromance may help push health-care agenda

The recent meeting of Canada’s premiers once again showed B.C. Premier John Horgan is charting a political path that over time will differ not only from his fellow federal premiers but also from his federal NDP leadership counterpart as well.
Jack Knox: The apostrophe seems to be, sadly, quite dead

Jack Knox: The apostrophe seems to be, sadly, quite dead

They buried the apostrophe the other day. He was a tiny little fellow, made even smaller by being curled up like that, so it didn’t take much to build the coffin. The only problem was, nobody knew where to put it. How appropriate.
Cartoon: Sewage plant

Cartoon: Sewage plant

What do you think about this week's editorial cartoon on the liquid waste treatment plant in Powell River?
Letter: Water source feasibility

Letter: Water source feasibility

I would like to provide clarification for the comments in the Peak last month [“ Regional water supply system study recommendation to go to qathet regional board ,” November 18 ].
Jack Knox: How an innocent typo summoned Satan to a Christmas parade

Jack Knox: How an innocent typo summoned Satan to a Christmas parade

Old Nick showed up at the Comox Valley Christmas parade on Sunday. No, not St. Nick. Old Nick. Beelzebub. Lucifer. Mephistopheles. Satan. As advertised. Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells saw at least four versions of the devil at Sunday’s festivities.