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Dying of embarrassment: Asking for a Naloxone kit in a small B.C. town

Dying of embarrassment: Asking for a Naloxone kit in a small B.C. town

Naloxone is free for everyone, amid an opioid overdose epidemic killing thousands
LOCAL FLAVOUR: Farm Whisperer tackles tough subject of farm succession

LOCAL FLAVOUR: Farm Whisperer tackles tough subject of farm succession

Linda Geggie is executive director with CR-FAIR
B.C. VIEWS: The hijacking of our education system gathers speed

B.C. VIEWS: The hijacking of our education system gathers speed

Children taught to strike and shout fringe far-left demands
Rickter Scale: Brother Gary strikes again

Rickter Scale: Brother Gary strikes again

The Rickter Scale is a weekly column
EDITORIAL: Time to take aim at regional police force

EDITORIAL: Time to take aim at regional police force

With discussions on the amalgamation of the 13 Capital Region communities seemingly on an endless loop with a resolution nowhere in sight, the time has come for the region to look at getting the most bang for the buck.
LETTER: Questions around vaccinations deserve responsible data

LETTER: Questions around vaccinations deserve responsible data

On International Women’s Day, in an issue focused on women, next to an editorial titled “Giving women the credit they are due”, the poll indicated that 46.4 per cent of your respondents think that vaccinations should be mandatory to enrol children in school and 53.6 per cent do not. That result in itself is disturbing, but even more so on pages filled with recognitions of worthy women.
EDITORIAL: The quest to assign blame

EDITORIAL: The quest to assign blame

Instead of sympathy, some have worked to distance themselves from these attacks or to assign blame.
B.C. VIEWS: NDP’s manufactured farmland crisis dies on the vine

B.C. VIEWS: NDP’s manufactured farmland crisis dies on the vine

Farmers no longer ‘persons’ to the Agricultural Land Commission
Mommy’s Inside Voice: The self-love struggle

Mommy’s Inside Voice: The self-love struggle

Mommy’s Inside Voice is a bi-weekly column by Amie Jay, a local mother of three.
LETTER: Cats’ natural instinct is to roam

LETTER: Cats’ natural instinct is to roam

Per the American Audubon Society, the number one cause of birds being killed is from flying into plate glass windows on single family dwellings. Domestic cats are at the bottom of their list.