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Reeling in relaxation

Reeling in relaxation

OPINION: This pandemic is not unprecedented

OPINION: This pandemic is not unprecedented

I have a plague-doctor mask that I like. Not really to wear—it creeps people out—but for what it stands for. My mask is symbolic of health-care providers in another era, doing what they could with what they had. It seems relevant today.
OPINION: This is what it's like to fly across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic

OPINION: This is what it's like to fly across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic

How has air travel from YVR changed since the COVID-19 pandemic began?
SCIENCE MATTERS: Old oil and gas wells find new life with renewable energy

SCIENCE MATTERS: Old oil and gas wells find new life with renewable energy

As part of its COVID-19 response, Canada’s government is spending $1.7 billion to clean up “orphan” and inactive oil and gas wells in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
PIQUE'N YER INTEREST: Feeling the disconnect

PIQUE'N YER INTEREST: Feeling the disconnect

There’s really no way around it: this pandemic sucks. That said, it would have probably sucked a whole lot more if it had happened in another decade.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Finding the Fountain of Youth on my float down the River of Golden Dreams

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Finding the Fountain of Youth on my float down the River of Golden Dreams

MAXED OUT: Watching an empire crumble…

MAXED OUT: Watching an empire crumble…

EDITORIAL: A whole new world

EDITORIAL: A whole new world

OPINION: B.C. tourism’s most important indicators show much of sector on life support

OPINION: B.C. tourism’s most important indicators show much of sector on life support

As the summer draws to a close, and the province nears a decision on how to allocate its $1.5 billion recovery package, it would be easy for some people to make the false assumption that a strong August for some tourism operators means the B.C.
Sombre fiscal update foretells gloomy outlook

Sombre fiscal update foretells gloomy outlook

The release Monday of the provincial financial results for 2019-20 feels from more like 2008-09, when the wheels were coming off the economy—the difference then being, the wheels later were reattached. We can take in the conclusion of the B.C.