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OUR VIEW: Good time to be better neighbours

Our dollar is strong, our government is solvent and our politics, for the moment, don’t seem as divisive or imprudent. But we’re fooling ourselves if we waste this time boasting. After all, we know firsthand what it’s like to suffer the same indignities currently facing the U.S.
Sterk replies on smart meters

Sterk replies on smart meters

B.C. Green Party leader Jane Sterk clarifies her party's position on smart meters, and how it has changed in the past two years.

A question of taxation

Doing the math

Municipal amalgamation would cut costs, taxes

Upper and middle management requires streamlining

Squirrels burying habits problematic

Let them forage naturally

Chilean navy torture ship planned visit not welcome

Voyage of apology needed
Green Party gets lost in the static

Green Party gets lost in the static

The election of Elizabeth May as Canada’s first-ever Green Party MP was supposed to be a breakthrough for environmental issues. Too bad she blew it.

Our View: HST referendum a waiting game

With the deadline Friday (Aug. 5) for HST referendum ballots to be received by Elections B.C., anticipation is building for the result. It’s almost like betting on a horse race then waiting for the race to be run. Except that there will be no big winners and few big losers after the votes are tallied.

Province needs to develop clean energy sources

Emphasis on natural gas will detract from renewable options

Should menacing dog species be banned?

Letter writer asks if B.C. should follow Ontario's lead