Opinion

Rob Shaw: Leaked VPD report an inflated work of fiction

The VPD summary concludes that $1.1 million is being spent a day on “charitable investments into non-profit organizations based in the Downtown Eastside” while poverty and crime get worse.

Nov 9, 2022 9:44 AM Read more >

Letter: Tapley’s Neighbourhood Halloween a frightful success

The spooky event raised a record $1,385 in cash and 252 kilograms of food for the Whistler Food Bank 🍬

Nov 8, 2022 1:37 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: The bizarreness of applying with Vail Resorts in Whistler

"Why would a company offer jobs to all of these people who have no accommodation in a town experiencing an extreme housing crisis?"

Nov 8, 2022 9:40 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 >

Letter: Time to rekindle Whistler’s spirit of engagement

"Democracy is so uncool it’s cool. But it only works when you’re not the only one in the echoing chamber."

Nov 7, 2022 11:54 AM 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 >

Suzuki: Calling the climate and biodiversity COPs

Nov 7, 2022 9:00 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 >