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Letters: Safe consumption site can be 'gateway' to getting help

Letters: Safe consumption site can be 'gateway' to getting help

Richmond News reader criticizes 'moral binary' opinion people hold of drug users.
Letters: Richmond councillor criticizes 'incivility, intimidation' in recent public forums

Letters: Richmond councillor criticizes 'incivility, intimidation' in recent public forums

Letter writer wants Richmond to remain a place where people have 'mutual respect' for each other.
Baldrey: What this longtime MLA's departure could mean B.C.'s political future

Baldrey: What this longtime MLA's departure could mean B.C.'s political future

Mike de Jong helped build the free enterprise coalition after his historic byelection win in 1994. Will his retirement play a role in breaking it up?
Letters: People have lost critical thinking skills

Letters: People have lost critical thinking skills

Richmond News reader praises column that takes the government to task over its secrecy.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Climate change and ski hills

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Climate change and ski hills

Comment: Government wants housing? Then get out of the way

Comment: Government wants housing? Then get out of the way

After two generations of unworkable government housing policy choices, it’s no wonder the private sector isn’t building rentals
Rob Shaw: B.C. election fever heats up as parties brace for rushed legislative session

Rob Shaw: B.C. election fever heats up as parties brace for rushed legislative session

Throne speech, budget and election all on the horizon for B.C. politicians this week
Comment: Budget should get rid of B.C.'s arcane — and costly — labour policy

Comment: Budget should get rid of B.C.'s arcane — and costly — labour policy

The province should be making public investments go further, by providing better value on big-ticket items like infrastructure.
Letters: Contaminated drug supply is a crisis in B.C., Richmond

Letters: Contaminated drug supply is a crisis in B.C., Richmond

Letter writer wonders if she developed a drug problem, would she be welcomed in the community.
Trevor Hancock: Reaching goal of Zero Hunger includes improving affordability of healthy food

Trevor Hancock: Reaching goal of Zero Hunger includes improving affordability of healthy food

Besides ending hunger, Zero Hunger includes improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture