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Get rid of garden water guzzlers with 'fryable' plants

Get rid of garden water guzzlers with 'fryable' plants

If Canadians didn’t have the weather to talk about, we would be speechless. Perhaps, more accurately, we would simply listen more. Talk of summer weather inevitably moves the conversation to heat and drought.
Letter: Careless with garbage? Then stay out of our parks

Letter: Careless with garbage? Then stay out of our parks

The Editor, Re. Re. " Traps set, parts of Mundy closed due to bear family " (The Tri-City News, July 11). Enjoying a wonderful walk in Mundy Park with my dogs, passing signs warning of bear sightings, I saw, cordoned off, a bear trap.
OPINION: Privacy should come second to kids’ survival

OPINION: Privacy should come second to kids’ survival

There is much that is startling about the patient care quality review of Squamish’s Steffanie Lawrence’s time at Lions Gate Hospital. Most shocking to me as a mom, is how powerless her parents were. Lawrence, 15, died of a fentanyl overdose on Jan.
Scheer’s plan for Canada remains unclear

Scheer’s plan for Canada remains unclear

Conservative leader’s message plays well in suburbs, but no so much in big cities
Piercing a child's ears isn't cruel so stop shaming moms

Piercing a child's ears isn't cruel so stop shaming moms

Mom shaming on social media seems to be a daily occurrence, as naysayers chastise celebrity mothers for every parenting move they make.
BC Liberals will have tough time making speculation tax an election issue

BC Liberals will have tough time making speculation tax an election issue

The numbers showing the reach of the housing speculation tax are out and they are underwhelming. Just 2,410 B.C. residents are paying the tax. That’s it. A mere 2,410 people. That is less than 0.1 per cent of eligible voters in this province.
Letter: No red carpet for China, please

Letter: No red carpet for China, please

Dear Editor, Recent media reports indicate that Union of B.C.
Editorial: A side of CSIS that must be revealed to us

Editorial: A side of CSIS that must be revealed to us

The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has released documents it says prove the Canadian Security Intelligence Service illegally spied on environmental and First Nations groups.
Letter: It's important to call out racism in New West

Letter: It's important to call out racism in New West

Editor: Re : The dumb and racist letters about Judge Begbie have returned.
Letter: New West didn't consult enough on moving recycling depot

Letter: New West didn't consult enough on moving recycling depot

Editor: After learning that the Q to Q Ferry is now going to be permanent, I have to add my opinion along with others about our recycling depot moving to Coquitlam.