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B.C. VIEWS: Effects of COVID-19 pandemic will be long-lasting

A steep drop in tourist visits will hit hard, in particular, Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland and the Okanagan hard

Mar 15, 2020 9:35 AM Read more >

COLUMN: Taking needed steps to ensure downtown Victoria is safe

Jeff Bray

Mar 13, 2020 9:00 AM Read more >

Rickter Scale: Pour some sugar tax on me

The Rickter Scale is a regular column

Mar 11, 2020 10:30 AM Read more >

SUZUKI: Pipeline actions signal need for true reconciliation

Actions by and in support of the Wet’suwet’en land defenders are as much about government failure to resolve issues around Indigenous rights and title as they are about pipelines and gas.

Mar 8, 2020 2:30 PM Read more >

B.C. VIEWS: We can’t ignore the little things, lest they grow into a pandemic

COVID-19 can help us prepare for the major pandemic experts say is still to come

Mar 8, 2020 9:30 AM Read more >

RICKTER: We thinks thou protest too much

Once upon a time there was an idyllic little town that lived by the letter of the law. Traffic concerns surfaced as the population moved from the occasional annoying slow down to full-blown gridlock at one particular corner.

Mar 4, 2020 10:30 AM Read more >

COLUMN: Higher tax bracket ‘a risky game’ in the 2020 B.C. budget

Jock Finlayson is executive vice president and chief policy officer of the Business Council of BC

Mar 1, 2020 8:00 AM Read more >

Column: Celebrating family in Esquimalt

A column brought to you by Esquimalt Parks and Recreation

Feb 29, 2020 10:30 AM Read more >

COLUMN: Drivers are just getting worse

The advent of self driving cars can’t come fast enough

Feb 24, 2020 9:30 AM Read more >

B.C. VIEWS: Pipeline dispute highlights need for clarity

As the B.C. treaty process grinds on, uncertainty remains

Feb 24, 2020 8:00 AM Read more >