Opinion

We need to go back to the smaller mills, smaller farms, smaller food processing plants, and the smaller towns. We need to localize the basics of what we need to survive.

The greatest need in Northern Health is more healthcare professionals based in more communities across the region.

"Supply and demand (and our B.C. government) would strongly suggest that we need to accelerate the number of homes we are constructing," this Coquitlam resident writes in a letter to the editor.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation warns of payroll, carbon and alcohol tax hikes for consumers in the new year.

Fusion has a distinct advantage as the by-product of the reaction is not radioactive. Indeed, the helium generated from fusion reactors could solve another problem as helium sources are drying up.

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Port Coquitlam is carrying the extra weight that the City of the Coquitlam is adding on Burke Mountain with no plans to stop building up there, states the letter writer.

Provincial issues in 2023 will likely be the same in 2024, but it's the upcoming election this year that'll take over headlines, columnist Keith Baldrey believes.