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Jack Knox: Are the wheels falling off the work-from-home bus?

Jack Knox: Are the wheels falling off the work-from-home bus?

It’s the Labour Day weekend. Labour as in time to go back to work — which, for many people these days means popping open a laptop on the kitchen counter. If there has been one revelation during the pandemic, it’s the whole work-from-home thing.
PREST: 'Everesting' has reached even greater heights during COVID-19

PREST: 'Everesting' has reached even greater heights during COVID-19

Great news for all of you who enjoy spending entire days going up hills but are less interested in walking past fields of frozen human waste and dead bodies.
Opinion: Exit of 'hapless' Andrew Scheer can only help Conservatives

Opinion: Exit of 'hapless' Andrew Scheer can only help Conservatives

Federal politics just got real again now that the federal Conservatives have finally chosen a leader.
Letter: Former editor Richard Dal Monte was a class act, made me a News 'devotee'

Letter: Former editor Richard Dal Monte was a class act, made me a News 'devotee'

The Editor, It is with sadness I read Richard’s farewell submission . Aside from being a Coquitlam resident since the ‘70’s, it is specifically during Richard’s tenure that I became a devotee of this community newspaper.
OLDER AND WISER: It's especially important to keep up with activities this fall

OLDER AND WISER: It's especially important to keep up with activities this fall

I do not know about you, but every September I start thinking about a start to a new season of activity.
Opinion: Here's what it's like to go to a dentist during the pandemic

Opinion: Here's what it's like to go to a dentist during the pandemic

Heading in for a routine cleaning looks a little different these days.
Letters: B.C.'s back-to-school plan 'disturbing'

Letters: B.C.'s back-to-school plan 'disturbing'

Open letter to the parents of B.C. students, As a long-time educator, I find the lack of an online option in B.C.’s Back To School Plan extremely disturbing.
Letter: Your sexist snark while I pumped gas was a teachable moment

Letter: Your sexist snark while I pumped gas was a teachable moment

Editor: To the young man at the Chevron station on Brunette Avenue on the evening of July 30.
Opinion: B.C. health officials finally treated us like grownups with COVID data

Opinion: B.C. health officials finally treated us like grownups with COVID data

A shocking thing happened earlier this week. B.C. health officials like Dr. Bonnie Henry finally treated us like grownups when it comes to COVID-19 data. Don’t get me wrong, Henry is doing a fine job of helping B.C.
Tailgating doesn’t accomplish anything

Tailgating doesn’t accomplish anything

Editor: We’re all suitably impressed by drivers of big pickup trucks, and we appreciate the contribution of gas tax dollars towards our growing public debt. However, please try to remember the dangers of tailgating.