Opinion

Opinion: B.C. NDP government a worthy recipient of CAJ’s Code of Silence award

And the Code of Silence award in the Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy category goes to the B.C. NDP government

Feb 13, 2022 9:33 AM Read more >

Letter: Alzheimer's patients still face isolation challenges, but Tri-City residents have stepped up

"Together, we are working towards our vision."

Feb 12, 2022 9:05 AM Read more >

Editorial: These factors have brought family-doctor system to brink of collapse

Throughout B.C., about 700,000 people do not have a family doctor.

Feb 11, 2022 1:55 AM Read more >

Opinion: Could Ottawa police be sued for failing to arrest 'freedom convoy' protesters?

Canadian police have been sued for failure to protect victims of crime in the past. Is the situation in Ottawa different?

Feb 10, 2022 11:28 AM Read more >

Opinion: Trudeau should have withdrawn Canada from the 2022 Beijing Olympics after reports of Chinese residential schools

The similarities between ongoing settler-colonialism in China and the history of settler-colonialism in Canada are frighteningly similar

Feb 10, 2022 11:11 AM Read more >

Opinion: Valentine's Day is a painful reminder for Canadians with disabilities

"Love has been legislated to be incompatible with financial survival."

Feb 10, 2022 6:00 AM Read more >

Bad table manners are recipe for soured romance: poll

More than one in four Canadians would consider breaking up with a partner over offensive eating habits, poor oral hygiene, survey finds.

Feb 10, 2022 6:00 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: B.C.'s opioid failure — 42.8 deaths per 100,000 in 2021; it was six 10 years ago

“I am so sorry that now in the seventh year of this public health emergency, the updates are still so tremendously devastating.”

Feb 10, 2022 2:01 AM Read more >

Opinion: Erin O'Toole's ouster shows the impact of leadership selection rules

Regardless of a given leader’s shortcomings, in some instances structural elements may also significantly influence the fate of party leaders in Canada and abroad

Feb 9, 2022 9:42 AM Read more >

Opinion: Banning ‘Maus’ only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust

The multigenerational memoir laid the groundwork for graphic memoirs to become an essential form for remembering the Holocaust and communicating its legacy of trans-generational trauma

Feb 9, 2022 9:27 AM Read more >