Editorials

New legislation will allow increased density on many properties currently zoned for single-family only. (Black Press Media file photo)

OPINION: Greater Victoria politicians can’t keep housing crisis from doorstep

Vancouver council makes Shaughnessy off-limits to increased density

  • Nov 18, 2023
Log yard at Canfor’s Houston sawmill which is closing in April 2023, idling more than 300 employees and many more in the trucking and logging sectors. (Angelique Houlihan photo/Houston Today)

Houston’s mayor makes pitch for economic assistance

The forestry-dependent community in northwestern B.C. is about to lose its major employer

Comparing medals, Don Bodger, left, with the first-ever Canada Winter Games gold medal for Team B.C. in hockey from 1979 and Steen Cooper of Duncan followed suit in 2011. (Photo by Marlaina Cooper)

Facebook post rekindles Canada Winter Games memories

It’s been 44 years since my gold medal in hockey with Team B,.C.

Worker at Swartz Bay terminal. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)
Worker at Swartz Bay terminal. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

Editorial: Community must come together to revive All Sooke Day

Many communities have a special day of celebration. Why not Sooke?

  • Nov 7, 2022
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EDITORIAL: Canada Day reflects on all of us

July 1 is traditionally a day we proudly wrap ourselves in the…

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EDITORIAL: No room for delays in tackling housing crisis

All levels of government must do more to help families put a roof over their head

  • May 7, 2022
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EDITORIAL: B.C.’s prescription to end opioid epidemic

As the casualties continue to mount, B.C. is calling on Ottawa to…

  • Nov 20, 2021
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B.C. vaccine passport (Black Press Media)

EDITORIAL: Vaccine mandates the safest way to get through pandemic

Mandates have become the latest tool in the fight against the spread…

  • Nov 4, 2021
B.C. vaccine passport (Black Press Media)
BC Ferries has eliminated Wi-Fi service on all of its sailings. (Black Press Media file photo)

EDITORIAL: BC Ferries signals surrender over Wi-Fi

When the going gets tough, it’s best to quit and move on…

BC Ferries has eliminated Wi-Fi service on all of its sailings. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Coastal Fire Centre are looking ahead to the wildfire season on Vancouver Island. (Phil McLachlan – Western News)

Editorial: Prevention of wildfires depends on all of us

The wildfire season has started on Vancouver Island

The Coastal Fire Centre are looking ahead to the wildfire season on Vancouver Island. (Phil McLachlan – Western News)
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Editorial: Time to roll up our sleeves and pitch in

They’re just not quite sure they want to get a vaccine — yet

  • May 7, 2021
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Passengers from Air India flight 187 from New Delhi wait for their transportation to quarantine after arriving at Pearson Airport in Toronto on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Ketkar: India shows how now is not the time to let up on restrictions

Every single person I know back home, has either contracted COVID, or someone in their family has

Passengers from Air India flight 187 from New Delhi wait for their transportation to quarantine after arriving at Pearson Airport in Toronto on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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EDITORIAL: Piper will have to be paid for Canada’s $1 trillion national debt

But in the face of COVID-19, doing nothing was not an option

  • May 4, 2021
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The cherry trees on Canada Avenue in Duncan are in full bloom this April, 2021. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)

Editorial: Time to put more trees on the agenda

Trees make communities better across Vancouver Island

  • May 2, 2021
The cherry trees on Canada Avenue in Duncan are in full bloom this April, 2021. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)
Christine Beevis Trickett in a long-forgotten, much-loved sweater. (Photo credit: Nature Conservancy of Canada)

Beevis Trickett: Finding hope for the planet in an old sweater

A chance rediscovery is a reminder to reflect on what we want our new normal to look like

  • May 1, 2021
Christine Beevis Trickett in a long-forgotten, much-loved sweater. (Photo credit: Nature Conservancy of Canada)
Public health restrictions on non-essential travel are in effect. (B.C. government)

EDITORIAL: Stop looking for loopholes in travel restrictions

Restrictions aren’t puzzles to find ways around, if you don’t have to travel, don’t

  • Apr 27, 2021
Public health restrictions on non-essential travel are in effect. (B.C. government)
Surrey Liberal MLA Stephanie Cadieux. (Photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Cadieux: Removing barriers should be a provincial priority

When it comes to reducing barriers, B.C. has made progress, but still has a long way to go

  • Apr 25, 2021
Surrey Liberal MLA Stephanie Cadieux. (Photo: Tom Zytaruk)
Bike events like the 2018 Valley Granfondo in Fort Langley drew thousands of cyclists. (Langley Advance Times files)

Our View: Cycling boom will have long-term implications for Canada

All the people who took to two wheels in the last year will change our views on transportation

  • Apr 25, 2021
Bike events like the 2018 Valley Granfondo in Fort Langley drew thousands of cyclists. (Langley Advance Times files)
Nichole Lowther plays with her son in their living room. She wasn’t diagnosed with autism until Matthew, now six, was diagnosed a few years ago. (David Swanson | Philadelphia Inquirer)

EDITORIAL: April is World Autism Month

‘Its prevalence in Canada has increased by more than 100 per cent in the past 10 years’

  • Apr 23, 2021
Nichole Lowther plays with her son in their living room. She wasn’t diagnosed with autism until Matthew, now six, was diagnosed a few years ago. (David Swanson | Philadelphia Inquirer)