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Opinion: Life-filled and life-giving, soil is too precious to waste

Opinion: Life-filled and life-giving, soil is too precious to waste

Soil is the singular most biodiverse habitat on Earth
The Outsider: Remembering Ripple Rock

The Outsider: Remembering Ripple Rock

Ripple Rock claimed at least 114 lives before the underwater mountain near Campbell River was blown up in 1958
Opinion: Universities should try thinking outside the box

Opinion: Universities should try thinking outside the box

'Why don’t we hire more professors for their teaching ability rather than just their scholarly credentials?'
Opinion: The incredible highs and disastrous lows of Whistler’s rental market

Opinion: The incredible highs and disastrous lows of Whistler’s rental market

'Yes, problem tenants exist in Whistler, as they do everywhere. But so do good, honest, hardworking people who just need a place to call home'
Maxed Out: Facing the facts of the free market

Maxed Out: Facing the facts of the free market

'Businesses come and businesses go. C’est la vie. Unless it’s your business. And then you’ll fight like hell to keep it going.'
Les Leyne: Hello Hullo — ferry service's delayed launch is smooth sailing

Les Leyne: Hello Hullo — ferry service's delayed launch is smooth sailing

First trip shows Nanaimo-Vancouver service has potential
Letter: A huge thank you from Gun Lake

Letter: A huge thank you from Gun Lake

Downton Lake fire still burning out of control
Letter: On ‘organic architecture’ in Whistler and Vancouver

Letter: On ‘organic architecture’ in Whistler and Vancouver

'The demand for big, heavy, thirsty SUVs is probably the most visible manifestation of our lack of concern about the environment.'
Letter: Time to move past gas-powered leaf blowers in Whistler

Letter: Time to move past gas-powered leaf blowers in Whistler

'Municipal hall doing something about it for Whistlerites/humanity? Fat chance'
David Sovka: Global warming is man against everything, everywhere all at once

David Sovka: Global warming is man against everything, everywhere all at once

July 2023 is now officially the hottest month in human history, and August will probably be even hotter. I wish I were making this up.