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Comment: Don't allow hunting of grizzly bears to resume

Comment: Don't allow hunting of grizzly bears to resume

The idea of bringing back the grizzly hunt at such an uncertain time is appalling.
Lawrie McFarlane: Health-care system needs a full reboot

Lawrie McFarlane: Health-care system needs a full reboot

The system has grown so convoluted and overstretched that it literally cannot be managed.
Charla Huber: Residential schools are not a conspiracy theory

Charla Huber: Residential schools are not a conspiracy theory

Each time I write about residential schools, my inbox fills with messages from conspiracy theorists, history deniers and people saying enough is enough
Geoff Johnson: Phasing out letter grades for K-9 a good thing

Geoff Johnson: Phasing out letter grades for K-9 a good thing

It will be up to teachers to explain that the proficiency scale takes into account the fact that learning occurs in different ways for each learner and doesn’t always follow a nice, predictable linear pathway
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Orange Shirt Day

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Orange Shirt Day

Comment: Ask primary care providers for ideas to fix the health system

Comment: Ask primary care providers for ideas to fix the health system

In the 1980s there was high-level political contention that there were too many physicians practising in the province.
Helen Chesnut: Salt Spring seed experts offer book on medicinal plants

Helen Chesnut: Salt Spring seed experts offer book on medicinal plants

Dan Jason has produced over a dozen books on organic gardening, seed saving, and heritage grains and seeds.
Letter: Pre-K learners left out in the cold in New West

Letter: Pre-K learners left out in the cold in New West

This parent wants to see more action on daycare spaces in schools.
Letter: Trains are the best way to save the environment

Letter: Trains are the best way to save the environment

Take Denmark as an example, this writer suggests.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Quota for new housing units

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Quota for new housing units