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Charla Huber: Kids who think they have N-word passes need a better understanding of history

Charla Huber: Kids who think they have N-word passes need a better understanding of history

Young teens who think they have a “pass” to say a racial slur do not fully understand the hate, segregation and struggle people have had to endure
Comment: Don't let our shared arts, culture, and heritage slip away

Comment: Don't let our shared arts, culture, and heritage slip away

British Columbia’s arts, culture, and heritage can’t thrive if our future is determined from emergency to emergency.
Editorial: Are John Rustad and the B.C. Conservatives for real?

Editorial: Are John Rustad and the B.C. Conservatives for real?

In the latest polls, Rustad and the BC Conservatives are running neck and neck with Kevin Falcon and BC United.
Opinion: Some energy-saving ideas from the not-so-old days

Opinion: Some energy-saving ideas from the not-so-old days

Instead of 97,000 people flying to Dubai for COP 28, maybe they should just read up on some pre-modern Prince George agricultural history.
Baldrey: What's that smell? Smoke coming out of B.C. Opposition parties' ears?

Baldrey: What's that smell? Smoke coming out of B.C. Opposition parties' ears?

The NDP government’s move to cut off debate on key housing legislation in the fall sitting was not new. Other parties of multiple political stripes have done it before.
Comment: After a disastrous summer, make climate a priority

Comment: After a disastrous summer, make climate a priority

There remains a glaring incoherence at the centre of B.C.’s climate plans: continued support for and investment in LNG production and expansion.
Trevor Hancock: We carry from birth a body-burden of toxic chemicals that we add to along the way

Trevor Hancock: We carry from birth a body-burden of toxic chemicals that we add to along the way

Decades of lax assessment coupled with the assumption that chemicals are innocent until proven guilty have left us and the ecosystem with a burden of toxins
Geoff Johnson: Apprenticeship a solid post-secondary option

Geoff Johnson: Apprenticeship a solid post-secondary option

So far this year, 15,075 people in British Columbia have registered for apprenticeships, up 20% from last year
Charla Huber: Story of generosity offers a glimpse of the humans behind the badge

Charla Huber: Story of generosity offers a glimpse of the humans behind the badge

With the relationship between police and Indigenous people sometimes fraught, it’s good to hear of how an officer helped a woman who was moving into her first home, but had nothing to move.
David Sovka: A prairie boy's love letter to B.C. Ferries

David Sovka: A prairie boy's love letter to B.C. Ferries

I love the weird metallic clunking noises you hear when boarding, the random strange smells in whatever hallways are called on a boat, and even the long lines and crazy expense for mediocre food.