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Rob Shaw: Eby administration appointments signal major change for BC NDP

Rob Shaw: Eby administration appointments signal major change for BC NDP

Premier-designate David Eby signalled big changes are coming for both B.C.’s civil service, as well as the NDP’s next election campaign, with the appointment of two new top officials to his administration this week.
Letter: The Ferry is Full

Letter: The Ferry is Full

Reader says the Bowen ferries are reaching capacity
Rob Shaw: If it can’t tackle crime, BC NDP faces political punishment

Rob Shaw: If it can’t tackle crime, BC NDP faces political punishment

The party – and the public – better hope the next premier has a plan in place to tackle the province's plague of crime and violence.
Jack Knox: It's all fun until someone jumps in the casket with the dead guy

Jack Knox: It's all fun until someone jumps in the casket with the dead guy

An act of kindness for a stranger turned into a bizarre story for Leah Flatman of Saanich, now living in Montreal
Opinion: There are more Canadian organ donation supporters than registered Canadian donors

Opinion: There are more Canadian organ donation supporters than registered Canadian donors

B.C. and Alberta emerge as the provinces with the highest incidence of prospective organ and tissue donors
Opinion: Halloween killjoys need to let kids be kids

Opinion: Halloween killjoys need to let kids be kids

Lay off these 4 common complaints about trick-or-treaters, and we'll all have a better night
Rob Shaw: Eby's 100-day plan is splashy but light on action

Rob Shaw: Eby's 100-day plan is splashy but light on action

Premier-designate David Eby is attempting to turn the page on his contentious BC NDP election victory with a new 100-day plan that tackles the biggest crises in the province.
Kirk LaPointe: Dysfunctional political families need input from young people

Kirk LaPointe: Dysfunctional political families need input from young people

We all know one week is an eternity in politics. But the BC NDP can’t take many more, even any more, weeks like this last one. Eternities like that eventually place you in the afterlife.
Les Leyne: Eby eyes 'profound' crime intervention

Les Leyne: Eby eyes 'profound' crime intervention

Left hanging in the air is the point that he was minister responsible for it over five full years.
Jack Knox: Victoria's Olive Bailey kept her Bletchley codebreaking past secret

Jack Knox: Victoria's Olive Bailey kept her Bletchley codebreaking past secret

During the war, Olive Bailey, who has died at the age of 101, was stationed in Hut Six, where army and air force code breakers worked. She remembered Alan Turing chaining his coffee cup to the radiator so he wouldn’t lose it