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Opinion News
Trudeau's long silence
Donald Trump is the cement boot that threatens to take Canada to the bottom of the river if we don’t risk breaking the chain in the final months of his...
Kooky or kryptonite?
Kooky. When former B.C. Green leader Andrew Weaver (you knew he had stepped down, right?) took a highly public swipe at his likely successor on the weekend, one...
Red tape to duct tape
When Premier John Horgan was sworn in as B.C.'s 36th premier in 2017, he could have chosen to keep the Ministry of Red Tape Reduction around, at least for...
Dining out is a privilege
After Dr. Bonnie Henry eased restrictions on restaurants in B.C. this week, citizens all across the province debated whether the terms of the order allowing...
Our species to save
Endangered species day was established 15 years ago. It is a day for us to learn about the wildlife, plants, animals and insects that are at risk of...
What's next in virus testing
Testing for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases is a core tenet of public health. It tells us the what, who and where of disease transmission, but we need to...
Mother's Day is on you, Dad
Good morning, Dads. You’re in trouble. You forgot which Sunday it is, didn’t you? Normally this wouldn’t be that big a deal, because your kids...
Classrooms still matter
School is out across Canada, thanks to COVID-19. And classes won’t resume until the chief provincial public health officers and elected provincial leaders...
Reason to celebrate
The big question no one can answer is: How much more of this can B.C. take? There’s no answer because, as every official stresses, no one has ever gone...
Shadow of the pandemic
Many expect me to react with yet more unrestrained vitriol for the latest move by Our Dear Leader to ban firearms, confiscate valuable property and turn...
Called 'at risk' for a reason
Another good reason to get out and bang your pots and pans at 7 p.m. was presented in a health briefing this week. Twenty-one per cent of the COVID-19 cases in...
Real work yet to begin
We have reached the end of the beginning and hope this is not the beginning of the end. It proved relatively easy to shut down much of the old economy. The new...
Reboot blueprint is past due
Enough already. The first coronavirus case in British Columbia was identified 100 days ago. We have never come close to filling our hospitals with pandemic...
Reopen will be methodical
The B.C. government will be keeping firm control of any efforts by business and individuals to resume activities now curtailed by health orders. Premier John...
Held hostage by China
Many key pharmaceutical ingredients used in North America reportedly come from China or, in the case of generics, India. In turn, India imports key ingredients...
Farmers need help now
We always needed farmers. Now, with COVID-19, they need us. Farming needs real help, right now. Plenty of attention has been given to the foreign workers...
No stage for goodwill
Great news: Bill Maher is still officially coming to Vancouver on May 16. The Rolling Stones won’t be making us rock later that week, but Maher will make...
It’s up to the virus
Premier John Horgan appeared buoyed Wednesday by what he called “off the charts” public support in B.C. for the drastic measures imposed to curtail...
Masks are your choice
From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have regularly seen people choose to wear a variety of masks, from medical masks to cloth face coverings, in grocery...
No boundaries with COVID
When an outbreak hits a community, one of the most urgent things people want is information. This is human nature, as information allows us to protect...
