Opinion

COLUMN: B.C.’s labour minister should look at COVID-19 financial carnage amid minimum wage increase

The timing couldn’t be worse for any government decision that drives up costs for business, writes Jock Finlayson

  • May 28, 2020

COLUMN: Canada needs to remember rural communities as thoughts turn to pandemic recovery

Small towns often rely on tourism, which has been decimated by COVID-19

  • May 28, 2020

The third photograph of Robert Johnson

An old photograph comes to light — a reminder that mythology is real and the past is still alive

  • May 28, 2020

Message from MADD Canada

Federal Measures Required To Address Impaired Driving And Support Victims/Survivors

  • May 28, 2020

Pandemic exposes “culture of non-compliance”

Building Trades Council calls for public inquiry into construction site sanitation

Pandemic will bring long-lasting changes to Canada

Column by Richard Cannings, South Okanagan-West Kootenay MP

  • May 26, 2020
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B.C top doc: How we test and track COVID-19

Testing for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases is a core tenet of public health.

  • May 26, 2020

GUEST COLUMN: B.C. COVID-19 survey brings answers closer

275,000 responses so far, broader health information helps

  • May 22, 2020

Canada’s COVID response not perfect, but good

Robert Macrae is an instructor at Selkirk College, Castlegar

  • May 22, 2020

Call for Canadians to steward, take action

Endangered Species Day was May 15

  • May 22, 2020

LETTER: KSM mine underwent ‘comprehensive, transparent peer-reviewed environmental assessment’

Seabridge Gold’s KSM project did incorporate independent and peer-reviewed science

  • May 19, 2020

Epidemics require specific condition to spread disease

Robert Macrae is an instructor at Selkirk College, Castlegar

  • May 15, 2020

Our species to save: Use this time to learn more about Canada’s endangered animals

We share our country with about 80,000 known wild species, 800 of them are endangered

  • May 15, 2020

Scale-up to tackle backlog, says BC Health Coalition

The BC Health Coalition advocates for the public healthcare system

Do ‘murder hornets’ pose a serious buzzkill?

David Suzuki dissects Asian giant hornet hysteria

  • May 15, 2020

The Editor’s Desk: A slippery garden slope

It started harmlessly enough, with pulling a few weeds, and then it just grew

COLUMN: Residents should explore B.C. to help tourism industry amid COVID-19

Jock Finlayson is executive vice president and chief policy officer of the Business Council of BC

  • May 11, 2020

Coronavirus is a thief, but it can’t steal our souls

‘Echo pandemic’ will likely be seen in the ongoing effect on people’s mental health

  • May 10, 2020

Let’s put an end to cowboy culture in construction

“Construction is one of the most dangerous industries in B.C.,” Mercier writes.

  • May 7, 2020

Before DIY sourdough starters became popular, there was home economics

It seems everyone is baking these days