Opinion

Bad table manners are recipe for soured romance: poll

More than one in four Canadians would consider breaking up with a partner over offensive eating habits, poor oral hygiene, survey finds.

Feb 10, 2022 6:00 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: B.C.'s opioid failure — 42.8 deaths per 100,000 in 2021; it was six 10 years ago

“I am so sorry that now in the seventh year of this public health emergency, the updates are still so tremendously devastating.”

Feb 10, 2022 2:01 AM Read more >

Letter to the Editor: Time for a new approach to the pandemic

'It is no longer fair to require anyone to sacrifice their quality of life for the sake of another person’s length of life'

Feb 9, 2022 2:44 PM Read more >

Letter to the Editor: Pemberton library thanks retiring board members

Feb 9, 2022 1:37 PM Read more >

Opinion: Erin O'Toole's ouster shows the impact of leadership selection rules

Regardless of a given leader’s shortcomings, in some instances structural elements may also significantly influence the fate of party leaders in Canada and abroad

Feb 9, 2022 9:42 AM Read more >

Opinion: Banning ‘Maus’ only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust

The multigenerational memoir laid the groundwork for graphic memoirs to become an essential form for remembering the Holocaust and communicating its legacy of trans-generational trauma

Feb 9, 2022 9:27 AM Read more >

Opinion: How books, movies and TV help us understand the infodemic, anti-vax messages and conspiracy theories

Stories build powerful emotional attachments. We root for heroes, boo their opponents and get anxious for the fictional problem to be solved. Facts have very little to do with it

Feb 9, 2022 9:13 AM Read more >

Opinion: Canada needs to cut carbon, not try to capture it

A tax credit for companies that invest in carbon capture technology would divert financing away from cheaper and safer climate solutions

Feb 9, 2022 9:05 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: In throne speech, Horgan uses artful phrasing to highlight how we've 'pulled together'

The NDP government used some artful phrasing Tuesday to sidle by the dismaying behaviour on display by people who are apparently losing their grip over the pandemic restrictions.

Feb 9, 2022 5:30 AM Read more >

Opinion: Wolves use trails created by humans for convenient hunting and easier access to prey

The hunting territories of wolves in the northern boreal forests are changing, in part due to the convenience of trails built for logging. This has placed caribou at an even greater risk

Feb 8, 2022 9:08 AM Read more >