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Les Leyne: RBCM half-truth is wholly misleading

Les Leyne: RBCM half-truth is wholly misleading

Doing the math on how much more the Royal B.C. Museum’s Colwood archives building will cost.
Opinion: We can fix B.C.'s broken political system, if we want to. Here are seven starting points

Opinion: We can fix B.C.'s broken political system, if we want to. Here are seven starting points

MLA Melanie Mark’s stinging rebuke of B.C.’s political system during her retirement speech has once again shone a spotlight on how dysfunctional our legislature has become.
Opinion: Why B.C. needs to trial a four-day workweek

Opinion: Why B.C. needs to trial a four-day workweek

The nature of work has changed drastically in recent years. People are exhausted from trying to keep up with rising costs of living, housing unaffordability, working through a pandemic and technological changes. B.C.
LANGEVIN: what about our resurrection?

LANGEVIN: what about our resurrection?

"Why will we need a new body at all if we are going to Heaven anyways?”
Jack Knox: Catching up to correspondence on a cold weekend

Jack Knox: Catching up to correspondence on a cold weekend

And, could Jack Knox be replaced by the ChatGPT bot?
Ask Miss Patti: Co-regulating emotions with your toddler

Ask Miss Patti: Co-regulating emotions with your toddler

A soft place to fall when these big emotions take over
Opinion: Gold-plated public sector severance deals need a critical review

Opinion: Gold-plated public sector severance deals need a critical review

An eye-watering severance payment to a top government official who was then immediately awarded another job has shone a spotlight on loopholes that need to be fixed to limit unnecessary costs to taxpayers.
Opinion: The grim implications of a missed opportunity

Opinion: The grim implications of a missed opportunity

A decision Thursday by the Supreme Court of Canada has left British Columbia as the province where it is perhaps the most difficult for journalists to protect their confidential sources.
Opinion: Only a quarter of British Columbians meet national exercise guidelines regularly

Opinion: Only a quarter of British Columbians meet national exercise guidelines regularly

Only 21 per cent of Canadians claim to have met the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines every week for the past three months.
Jack Knox: Border bother maroons water taxi

Jack Knox: Border bother maroons water taxi

The owner of a cross-border water taxi service has been told that under Canadian rules, his boat must come and go from a ferry terminal — not exactly an ideal fit for a 23-foot vessel on no fixed schedule.