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Les Leyne: Two provinces, two approaches to opioid crisis

Les Leyne: Two provinces, two approaches to opioid crisis

B.C. is emphasizing harm reduction, which implicitly accepts people will use drugs. Most of Alberta’s emphasis is on recovery.
Opinion: Still not asking for it

Opinion: Still not asking for it

This is the 'Me Too' era, and it’s about time.  
Opinion: Paying too much taxes? Do the math

Opinion: Paying too much taxes? Do the math

A typical family pays $9,000 in total for federal and provincial income taxes. What are they buying for that $9,000?
Rob Shaw: David Eby, eager to please, stymied by 'the speed of government'

Rob Shaw: David Eby, eager to please, stymied by 'the speed of government'

The premier's promises outpace his bureaucracy's ability to deliver
Opinion: Paying too much taxes? Do the math

Opinion: Paying too much taxes? Do the math

A typical family pays $9,000 in total for federal and provincial income taxes. What are they buying for that $9,000?
Comment: A well-intentioned experiment gone bad

Comment: A well-intentioned experiment gone bad

Unfortunately, society has lost sight of the basic principle that you can’t have rights without responsibilities.
Les Leyne: Surrey police planning slipshod

Les Leyne: Surrey police planning slipshod

The total focus on Surrey in planning to create a municipal police force to replace the RCMP failed to account for the potentially serious province-wide impacts of what the council wanted to do.
Opinion: Goodbye to Gordon Lightfoot, my childhood soundtrack

Opinion: Goodbye to Gordon Lightfoot, my childhood soundtrack

The first line of Sundown – “I can see her lyin’ back in her satin dress, in a room where you do what you don’t confess” – was completely lost to me until I was much older
Letter: We can protect youth from harmful effects of vaping, Port Moody–Coquitlam MP says

Letter: We can protect youth from harmful effects of vaping, Port Moody–Coquitlam MP says

With one in five teens now reporting having tried vaping, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada has shared serious public health concerns, writes Bonita Zarrillo.
British Columbians dissatisfied with local action on homelessness, poll finds

British Columbians dissatisfied with local action on homelessness, poll finds

Research Co. and Glacier Media examined attitudes toward government action on the issue of homelessness
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