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Cartoon: Byelection duel

Cartoon: Byelection duel

What do you think of this week's editorial cartoon on the upcoming byelection in Powell River ?
Editorial: Preventing terrorism is hard for police

Editorial: Preventing terrorism is hard for police

The case against two would-be terrorists who planned to bomb the B.C. legislature on Canada Day has been dismissed.
Gardeners in the middle of 'dreaming' season - take advantage

Gardeners in the middle of 'dreaming' season - take advantage

There are several seasons on the gardener’s calendar and one of the longest is the “dreaming” season. We are currently in the middle of it. If you are a gardener, now is the time to dream of the gorgeous and productive garden that can be.
Comment: The Pacific herring: small fish — big problem

Comment: The Pacific herring: small fish — big problem

Conservancy Hornby Island is asking the federal government to shut down the Pacific herring-roe fishery planned for March.
Comment: By what right? The confrontation at Wedzin Kwah

Comment: By what right? The confrontation at Wedzin Kwah

By what right did the state deploy armed force against Indigenous Peoples and their allies at Wedzin Kwah? The Wet’suwet’en peoples, their five clans, and numerous family are not merely demonstrators protesting oil and gas development — they are prot
Les Leyne: What if the NDP loses byelection? A thinking game

Les Leyne: What if the NDP loses byelection? A thinking game

Nanaimo is one of the safest NDP seats in B.C., so a byelection there would normally be considered as exciting as a line change in a hockey game. But not this time around.
Letter: Carbon questions unanswered

Letter: Carbon questions unanswered

BC’s new climate plan outlines an ambitious suite of measures projected to cut carbon pollution from the built environment by 40 per cent by 2030.
Buckle up for wild ride as teachers and province bargain over student funding

Buckle up for wild ride as teachers and province bargain over student funding

How province funds students with special needs remains contentious
Pension jackpot for MLAs will prevent a B.C. election

Pension jackpot for MLAs will prevent a B.C. election

Speculation a 2019 B.C. election is rampant because of the fragility of the NDP-Green alliance that forms the current government. Don’t bet on it.
CarbonWise: Imagining an ethical life-world

CarbonWise: Imagining an ethical life-world

We share a common world, the one and only world, with all other living things. We are intimately related to and dependent upon other living things in many different ways. In fact, our present and future health and well-being is tied together.