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MAXED OUT: You can’t make this stuff up…

MAXED OUT: You can’t make this stuff up…

Stories are told about the days of yore in Tiny Town when money laundering was big small business for Harry McKeever.
EDITORIAL: The business of the budget

EDITORIAL: The business of the budget

Most of us can quantify how the pandemic has hit us in a personal sense.
OPINION: Canada’s plastics ban should include beverage containers

OPINION: Canada’s plastics ban should include beverage containers

What we refer to as “plastic” hasn’t been around for long. But its usefulness has caused production to skyrocket—from about two million tonnes in 1950 to almost 400 million tonnes a year now, and rising steadily.
OPINION: Long-term recovery hinges on reshaping B.C. business environment

OPINION: Long-term recovery hinges on reshaping B.C. business environment

As Premier John Horgan puts the finishing touches on his new cabinet following the BC NDP’s decisive election win, he will be under pressure to reflect the priorities of the various elements of his party—including social activists, union
OPINION: Masks should be mandatory in Metro Vancouver

OPINION: Masks should be mandatory in Metro Vancouver

Masks are mandatory in every major city in Canada, except Metro Vancouver
Breathing more easily

Breathing more easily

Most of you are likely exhausted—mentally and physically—after last week’s U.S. election-a-thon, so I refrain from turning this space into another smug lefty political rant.
SCIENCE MATTERS: U.S. election shows need to bend the arc toward justice

SCIENCE MATTERS: U.S. election shows need to bend the arc toward justice

After finishing high school in Ontario in the 1950s, I was awarded a scholarship from Amherst College in Massachusetts.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Follow COVID-19 rules to keep Whistler open

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Follow COVID-19 rules to keep Whistler open

The time is now for us to all do our part. Whistler Blackcomb’s opening is a few weeks away, and Christmas is on the horizon.
EDITORIAL: Citizen activism must continue

EDITORIAL: Citizen activism must continue

It is easy to take democracy for granted. But the last several weeks have brought this idea into focus in a way that has not been seen, I would argue, since the Second World War. It is not too great a stretch to say that the biggest winner in the U.
MAXED OUT: Not council’s finest hour

MAXED OUT: Not council’s finest hour

Other than breathing a long sigh of relief, I’m not going to comment on the ongoing drama playing out south of the border.