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Adrian Raeside cartoon: It's a dog's life on B.C. Ferries

Adrian Raeside cartoon: It's a dog's life on B.C. Ferries

Monique Keiran: Fend off ticks by smelling like an ant

Monique Keiran: Fend off ticks by smelling like an ant

Researchers at SFU who discovered ticks avoid surfaces where ants have been hope to get a patent to make an ant-pheromone topical repellent to protect hikers and campers.
Trevor Hancock: Governments need to limit plastic production to protect health, environment

Trevor Hancock: Governments need to limit plastic production to protect health, environment

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest plastic additive chemicals are present in the bodies of nearly all Americans
Comment: Taylor gave his heart and spirit to the entire school

Comment: Taylor gave his heart and spirit to the entire school

Beloved teacher, coach and principal wanted students to be active in and outside the classroom — in sports, music, theatre and all other extra-curriculars.
Comment: People with drug addictions need help — but not this way

Comment: People with drug addictions need help — but not this way

A patient’s pre-existing drug dependency can and should be managed by the health care professionals, not the patients themselves.
Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

B.C.’s historic drug decriminalization experiment is being dramatically scaled back as the NDP government retreats in the face of sustained public anxiety about what it is doing to perceptions of public safety.
Letters April 27: B.C. has four parties, not two; voter disillusioned by all parties

Letters April 27: B.C. has four parties, not two; voter disillusioned by all parties

Comment: Don't blame the Indigenous community for this bad decision

Comment: Don't blame the Indigenous community for this bad decision

The board says that student safety is their concern and that their decision on the police liaison officer program is “trauma-informed.”
Editorial: Federal spending plans can only worsen inflation

Editorial: Federal spending plans can only worsen inflation

The next national election is coming, and Justin Trudeau’s Liberals trail Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives by 20 points, 24 to 44.
Letters April 26: Dealing with illicit drugs; the PM's wrinkled pants; cancer screening only for those with family doctors?

Letters April 26: Dealing with illicit drugs; the PM's wrinkled pants; cancer screening only for those with family doctors?