Opinion

Lawrie McFarlane: Refusing vaccination isn't just playing COVID roulette with your own life

Among survey respondents who’ve refused COVID vaccination, one third said COVID-19 is not a serious health threat — despite the fact that more than 29,000 Canadians have died of the disease.

Nov 21, 2021 5:00 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: Practising health care as if the planet matters

Last week, I reported on the rally at the B.C. legislature organized by Doctors for Planetary Health — West Coast.

Nov 21, 2021 5:00 AM Read more >

Comment: No doctors plus no action equals no doctors

Innumerable letters have been published from aggrieved people left in the lurch without a doctor. No one from government ever bothers to respond. Zero action by anyone.

Nov 20, 2021 8:30 AM Read more >

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Supply chain

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Nov 20, 2021 8:01 AM Read more >

Letters Nov. 20: Malahat was designed for failure; can ferries help transport crunch?

Nov 20, 2021 8:01 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: NDP is overly defensive about its response to catastrophic flooding

Nov 20, 2021 7:01 AM Read more >

Editorial: Consistency needed in fight against COVID

While several reasons are given by those who refuse vaccination, confused and at times contradictory messaging by governments plays a role

Nov 19, 2021 8:01 AM Read more >

Letters Nov. 19: Island needs a reliable transport corridor; few options for another route

Letters to the editors from our readers

Nov 19, 2021 8:01 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: It's a little late for a study of must-work-when-it-rains culverts

Climate preparedness strategy doesn't pay enough attention to flooding

Nov 19, 2021 6:59 AM Read more >

Opinion: So B.C. children are at risk from COVID-19. Now what?

With approval of the Pfizer vaccine for children now imminent, the B.C. government is finally admitting what parents have said all along: Children are at risk. So what are they going to do about it?

Nov 18, 2021 11:58 AM Read more >