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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Embracing B.C.'s electric future

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Embracing B.C.'s electric future

Rob Shaw: B.C. reforms long overdue as Ottawa caps international students

Rob Shaw: B.C. reforms long overdue as Ottawa caps international students

Feds cutting study permits, while B.C. expected to unveil own strategy in coming weeks
Comment: Don't allow cellphones, but boost funding for Chromebooks

Comment: Don't allow cellphones, but boost funding for Chromebooks

Teachers in a classroom cannot compete with the lure of the internet.
Comment: B.C. contradicts itself with tobacco investment

Comment: B.C. contradicts itself with tobacco investment

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in British Columbia, causing up to 6,000 deaths in the province each year.
Column: Ottawa must slim down bloated bureaucratic belly

Column: Ottawa must slim down bloated bureaucratic belly

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation believes, regardless of who's in power, the federal government needs to cut its day-to-day spending.
Minter: Pruning — the secret to a clean, fresh garden

Minter: Pruning — the secret to a clean, fresh garden

Master gardener Brian Minter: Sharpen your blades now and you'll be ready to trim for when the coldsnap ends.
Monique Keiran: Global climate shifts are redefining winter almost everywhere

Monique Keiran: Global climate shifts are redefining winter almost everywhere

The season is acquiring a looser set of characteristic features, harder to specify, more variable and more unpredictable.
Trevor Hancock: Vaping products should be subject to same marketing ban as tobacco

Trevor Hancock: Vaping products should be subject to same marketing ban as tobacco

Canada should ban all advertising, marketing, promotion and sponsorship involving vaping companies to avoid hooking a new generation of smokers
Geoff Johnson: How to develop the reading brain in a digital world

Geoff Johnson: How to develop the reading brain in a digital world

‘Deep reading,’ the process of reading attentively and carefully as opposed to skimming or scrolling a screen, helps kids develop capacity for critical thinking, empathy and reflection
Letter: 'Sorry' shouldn't be hard for New West politicians to say

Letter: 'Sorry' shouldn't be hard for New West politicians to say

A letter writer believes New Westminster residents are owed multiple apologies in being subjected to "playing politics" of recent.