Editorials

Langley School District buses in the 64th Avenue storage yard. (Langley Advance Times files)

Our View: Parents need options in return to school

At home and hybrid options are needed as well as in person

  • Aug 31, 2020
Langley School District buses in the 64th Avenue storage yard. (Langley Advance Times files)
Security checks in at the Fuller Lake Arena parking lot homeless tenting site, a stopgap measure during COVID. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Homeless policies wreaking havoc on communities

Free housing, drugs making matters worse for those living in those neighbourhoods

Security checks in at the Fuller Lake Arena parking lot homeless tenting site, a stopgap measure during COVID. (Photo by Don Bodger)
Editorial: Housing continuity for Island’s homeless just makes sense

Editorial: Housing continuity for Island’s homeless just makes sense

Doing this in a seamless manner is the best answer

  • Aug 28, 2020
Editorial: Housing continuity for Island’s homeless just makes sense
This July 2015 photo taken by University of Ottawa glaciology professor Luke Copland shows Canadian Ice Service ice analyst Adrienne White taking a photo of cracks of the Milne Ice Shelf, which just broke apart. The Milne ice shelf was on of the Arctic’s few remaining intact ice shelves, but at the end of July 2020 about 43% broke off. Scientists say that without a doubt it’s man-made global warming. (Luke Copland via AP)

Opinion: Will the last remaining Canadian ice shelf collapse wake us up about global warming?

This lockdown is not a permanent solution to the damage we have caused the earth

  • Aug 27, 2020
This July 2015 photo taken by University of Ottawa glaciology professor Luke Copland shows Canadian Ice Service ice analyst Adrienne White taking a photo of cracks of the Milne Ice Shelf, which just broke apart. The Milne ice shelf was on of the Arctic’s few remaining intact ice shelves, but at the end of July 2020 about 43% broke off. Scientists say that without a doubt it’s man-made global warming. (Luke Copland via AP)
Photographer Douglas Drouin captured the Christie Mountain wildfire above homes in Heritage Hills on Aug. 18.

EDITORIAL: Preparing for wildfires

Good year or not, it’s a good idea to be ready

  • Aug 26, 2020
Photographer Douglas Drouin captured the Christie Mountain wildfire above homes in Heritage Hills on Aug. 18.
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NIAID-RML via AP

EDITORIAL: Education on COVID doesn’t stop defiance

Enforcement needs to happen for people not obeying strict rules

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NIAID-RML via AP
Image by Fathromi Ramdlon from Pixabay

OUR VIEW: Call it like it is, officials

When did a budget shortfall, or deficit, become an ‘unfavourable variance in program revenues?’

  • Aug 16, 2020
Image by Fathromi Ramdlon from Pixabay
Why has wearing a mask become such a divisive issue? (Citizen file)

Editorial: Mask wearing advice has turned into polarizing war

Somehow, this innocuous recommendation has become a polarizing war for some.

  • Aug 15, 2020
Why has wearing a mask become such a divisive issue? (Citizen file)
Local teams like the Cowichan Valley Capitals in the B.C. Hockey League will need fans in the seats to help pay the bills. (Photo by Kevin Rothbauer/Cowichan Valley Citizen)

EDITORIAL Pro sports return diverts attention from COVID

Hockey in August has turned out to be very exciting

Local teams like the Cowichan Valley Capitals in the B.C. Hockey League will need fans in the seats to help pay the bills. (Photo by Kevin Rothbauer/Cowichan Valley Citizen)
Maddox and Gavin. (Submitted photo)

EDITORIAL: Real communication can solve problems

Why a small neighbourhood dispute in Parksville made headlines

Maddox and Gavin. (Submitted photo)
A still from a Transport Canada public-safety announcement regarding lasers and aircraft. (Transport Canada image)

Editorial: Pointing lasers at aircraft despicable act

The consequences of those actions can be extremely serious

A still from a Transport Canada public-safety announcement regarding lasers and aircraft. (Transport Canada image)
EDITORIAL: Look out for the elders in your community

EDITORIAL: Look out for the elders in your community

Do what you can to make sure our seniors aren’t being abused

  • Aug 10, 2020
EDITORIAL: Look out for the elders in your community
Editorial: Preventing wildfires more vital than ever in 2020

Editorial: Preventing wildfires more vital than ever in 2020

We are truly our own worst enemies on this file

  • Aug 9, 2020
Editorial: Preventing wildfires more vital than ever in 2020
Editorial: Not helping the homeless costs money in the long run

Editorial: Not helping the homeless costs money in the long run

Study determined that homeless people with mental illness generate high costs for society

Editorial: Not helping the homeless costs money in the long run
EDITORIAL: Pandemic carries a staggering cost

EDITORIAL: Pandemic carries a staggering cost

Forecasts from the federal government predict close to two million Canadians without…

  • Aug 3, 2020
EDITORIAL: Pandemic carries a staggering cost
Maple Mountain is always a potential hot spot for fires, especially with so many people out on the trails hiking or on bikes that makes the situation even more volatile. (Photo submitted)

EDITORIAL: Fire bans should cover the entire summer

Allowing campfires still a threat to our forests as much as open burning

Maple Mountain is always a potential hot spot for fires, especially with so many people out on the trails hiking or on bikes that makes the situation even more volatile. (Photo submitted)
DENISE BURKE PHOTO Reader Denise Burke of Hoquiam snapped this shot of youngsters enjoying the spray park at Art Pocklington Central Play Park in Hoquiam on one of the last days before school started.

EDITORIAL: Let’s all do our part to make this summer safe

Preparation and common sense can help maximize our enjoyment of the warm season

  • Jul 31, 2020
DENISE BURKE PHOTO Reader Denise Burke of Hoquiam snapped this shot of youngsters enjoying the spray park at Art Pocklington Central Play Park in Hoquiam on one of the last days before school started.
OPINION: Enjoy yourselves, but maintain vigilance amid COVID-19 pandemic

OPINION: Enjoy yourselves, but maintain vigilance amid COVID-19 pandemic

Plenty of evidence elsewhere of what relaxed standards can lead to

OPINION: Enjoy yourselves, but maintain vigilance amid COVID-19 pandemic
OPINION: On the need to make online and offline space less toxic
OPINION: On the need to make online and offline space less toxic
Single-use plastic bags should be left in the time before COVID-19. Photo by Crystal Schick, Yukon News

COLUMN: Single-use plastics have no place in post-pandemic world

We should be taking this opportunity to break old habits

Single-use plastic bags should be left in the time before COVID-19. Photo by Crystal Schick, Yukon News