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Letter: Grouse Grind closure a disservice to the public

Letter: Grouse Grind closure a disservice to the public

The addition of trail hosts and rangers would bring more benefit than lengthy restoration projects, says reader
Les Leyne: Hello Hullo — ferry service's delayed launch is smooth sailing

Les Leyne: Hello Hullo — ferry service's delayed launch is smooth sailing

First trip shows Nanaimo-Vancouver service has potential
Letter: Nuisance outside New West library has become a menace

Letter: Nuisance outside New West library has become a menace

The library "has long been a haven for our homeless, a quiet place where they can read, cool off or warm up and even dry their socks, but the people parking outside who are scaring and harassing library-goers are not them," reader says.
Letter: Provinces should stall carbon tax increase until next election

Letter: Provinces should stall carbon tax increase until next election

“Wait and see if new leadership takes charge in Canada to free your pocketbook,” reader says.
Letter: Keep drug use away from New West library

Letter: Keep drug use away from New West library

“We live in a time and place in which the rights of criminals and drug addicts often take precedence over the rights of decent, ordinary folks,” reader says.
Keith Baldrey: Conspiracy theories tarnish Poilievre’s shiny rebranding bid

Keith Baldrey: Conspiracy theories tarnish Poilievre’s shiny rebranding bid

Conservative leader’s attempt to change his image is hobbled by his continued coddling of fringe elements among party’s supporters.
David Sovka: Global warming is man against everything, everywhere all at once

David Sovka: Global warming is man against everything, everywhere all at once

July 2023 is now officially the hottest month in human history, and August will probably be even hotter. I wish I were making this up.
Opinion: How language can turn down the temperature of heated climate change discourse

Opinion: How language can turn down the temperature of heated climate change discourse

Language is adaptive, self-balancing and evolves with environmental change. Understanding this may be the key to improving the conversation around climate change.
Letter: Take action against drug use outside New West library

Letter: Take action against drug use outside New West library

​​​​​​​Toddlers and schoolchildren should be spared up-close view of horrors of addiction while entering or exiting the library, reader says.
Goodman and Jagger: Time to return to predictable rental rate increases

Goodman and Jagger: Time to return to predictable rental rate increases

The B.C. NDP government has strayed from the traditional formula for rent increases
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