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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Housing policy in B.C.

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Housing policy in B.C.

Baldrey: Looking at B.C.'s popularity polls a year out from the 2024 election

Baldrey: Looking at B.C.'s popularity polls a year out from the 2024 election

We may be viewing the classic "better dance with the devil you know than the one you don't" analogy, according to Keith Baldrey.
Comment: B.C. needs team-based health-care solutions

Comment: B.C. needs team-based health-care solutions

Outpatient health care requires a major redesign where health care professionals practice medicine more effectively and efficiently, in teams.
Charla Huber: Israel-Hamas war leads to a phone call with a childhood friend

Charla Huber: Israel-Hamas war leads to a phone call with a childhood friend

When tragic things occur in the world, it’s hard to know what to say
David Sovka: How the Celts kicked off trick-or-treating and other Halloween stuff explained

David Sovka: How the Celts kicked off trick-or-treating and other Halloween stuff explained

One theory is that modern trick-or-treating has its origins in a Celtic tradition of leaving food out to appease spirits. Eventually, people began to dress like the spirits, at least the ones that looked like hobos, Dracula and slutty nurses
Trevor Hancock: We need to get our ecological footprint down to one planet

Trevor Hancock: We need to get our ecological footprint down to one planet

Canada’s ecological footprint, at around five planets, is one of the highest in the world.
Geoff Johnson: Ontario education minister's back to basics focus is all about politics

Geoff Johnson: Ontario education minister's back to basics focus is all about politics

Stephen Lecce has never actually held a job anywhere in the public education system, which, according to him, is now need of a “transformational” overhaul
Letters: My dog is traumatized by unleashed dogs

Letters: My dog is traumatized by unleashed dogs

Richmond News letter writer wonders why dog owners don’t keep their dogs under control.
Column: Profit and privilege

Column: Profit and privilege

Any business raking in heaps of money won’t willingly relinquish its profit-privilege
Les Leyne: Greens' views on 'decommodifying' housing may have quiet NDP support

Les Leyne: Greens' views on 'decommodifying' housing may have quiet NDP support

B.C.’s two Green MLAs’ frank thoughts on housing go a lot further than the government’s views. But it feels like some New Democrats would quietly agree with them, and are only constrained by the backlash