Opinion

Letter: Port Coquitlam's budget and climate change — what can be done?

A former city councillor believes PoCo is lucky to be bordered by three rivers, but they shouldn't be taken for granted.

Nov 9, 2022 7:30 AM Read more >

Letter: Red Fish officials respond to Coquitlam RCMP claims about 'missing' patients

Red Fish Healing Centre, located on the Riverview Lands in Coquitlam, is a designated treatment facility for mental health and addiction under the Mental Health Act, the letter writers state.

Nov 8, 2022 3:03 PM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Poilievre and Eby have a lot in common on housing

Pierre Poilievre and David Eby have a lot in common in their plans to address British Columbia’s housing market. It’s just that neither of them wants to actually say that out loud.

Nov 8, 2022 10:44 AM Read more >

Letter: Port Coquitlam couple thanks anonymous person who paid for dinner

We won’t forget and will pay it forward. Many thanks for your generosity, writes Port Coquitlam resident Fay Wright.

Nov 8, 2022 7:32 AM Read more >

Jack Knox: Computer pioneer lived quietly in our midst

Kathleen Booth’s work was so significant that when the 100-year-old died this fall, her passing merited major media coverage in her native Britain. So why didn’t we all know that she had spent the past 44 years living in Sooke?

Nov 8, 2022 4:25 AM Read more >

Mario Canseco: Survey: Support for changing British Columbia’s name is highest among youth

In August 2021, shortly after the federal government announced its intention to enhance support to Indigenous communities as a result of recent discoveries related to residential schools, Research Co.

Nov 7, 2022 2:00 PM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Eby has yet to live up to mounting ‘man of action’ expectations

David Eby never actually called himself the “man of action,” but boy has the moniker stuck in the early days of the premier-designate’s tenure. Unfortunately, that label is proving to be both a blessing and a curse.

Nov 7, 2022 10:25 AM Read more >

Keith Baldrey: Ontario displaces B.C. as labour-strife hot spot

Collective bargaining peace settles over West Coast while public sector unions grapple with Doug Ford government.

Nov 7, 2022 6:00 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Eby praises period poverty cause as provincial task force gets underway

“No one should have to choose between buying groceries and period products, it’s that simple,” said David Eby.

Nov 6, 2022 9:46 AM Read more >

Jack Knox: As monarch vanishes from ferries, take a deep breath

B.C. Ferries has decided to not only remove the Queen’s portrait from its vessels, but to rid itself of the royal presence altogether: It will not replace the pictures with ones of King Charles

Nov 6, 2022 4:45 AM Read more >