Column

It’s time to change the clocks back one hour, as of 2 a.m. Sunday. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Grant: Confusion just a sign of the changing times

If rolling the clocks ahead is troublesome enough now, imagine life next year in the Kootenays.

It’s time to change the clocks back one hour, as of 2 a.m. Sunday. (Photo by Don Bodger)
Car accidents are nothing new, but it seems drivers are getting worse. (Black Press Media)

COLUMN: Drivers are just getting worse

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

Car accidents are nothing new, but it seems drivers are getting worse. (Black Press Media)
A group occupying the Pat Bay Highway in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs has shut down the major Island artery at Mount Newton Cross Road. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)

Drivesmart: ‘Highway blockade? Just arrest them’

Retired law enforcement officer explains why it’s not that simple

  • Mar 2, 2020
A group occupying the Pat Bay Highway in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs has shut down the major Island artery at Mount Newton Cross Road. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)
A man fills up his truck with gas in Toronto, on Monday April 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Robert Barron column: Gas price rollercoaster confusing

But their customers will continue to pay the price for their precious petrol

A man fills up his truck with gas in Toronto, on Monday April 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
COLUMN: Forestry no longer close to top of B.C.’s economy

COLUMN: Forestry no longer close to top of B.C.’s economy

Our reactions to a forestry downturn reflect the past, not the present

COLUMN: Forestry no longer close to top of B.C.’s economy
Painful Truth: Forestry no longer close to top of B.C.’s economy

Painful Truth: Forestry no longer close to top of B.C.’s economy

When the forestry industry caught a cold in the 1970s, it was enough to sicken the entire economy

Painful Truth: Forestry no longer close to top of B.C.’s economy
OPINION: Make uniforms mandatory in schools

OPINION: Make uniforms mandatory in schools

Once thought of as a bad idea, the writer now thinks differently about school uniforms

  • Feb 17, 2020
OPINION: Make uniforms mandatory in schools
The strike by United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 is well into its second week. Manning the picket line at the Western Forest Products Chemainus sawmill Thursday, from left, are: Greg Heyes, Rick McLeod, Frank Granberg, Jimmy McCabe and Pat Browne. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Robert Barron column: Let’s hope the strike is really over

I’m quite curious to see what terms the United Steelworkers agreed to

The strike by United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 is well into its second week. Manning the picket line at the Western Forest Products Chemainus sawmill Thursday, from left, are: Greg Heyes, Rick McLeod, Frank Granberg, Jimmy McCabe and Pat Browne. (Photo by Don Bodger)
Jessica Peters is a reporter at the Chilliwack Progress.

COLUMN: Models of care have varied greatly between ICBC and WorkSafe

Fighting to prove serious injuries doesn’t help anybody

Jessica Peters is a reporter at the Chilliwack Progress.
COLUMN: Self-service sucks

COLUMN: Self-service sucks

Remembering the old days when shopping didn’t make me feel like a thief, or on the edge of senility

COLUMN: Self-service sucks
The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting an earthquake the afternoon of Jan. 24, 2020 was a 4.8 magnitude and 26 kilometres deep. (USGS MAP)

Robert Barron column: Earthquakes a fact of life on the West Coast

I’ve lived on Vancouver Island for almost 25 years now and have never felt an earthquake

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting an earthquake the afternoon of Jan. 24, 2020 was a 4.8 magnitude and 26 kilometres deep. (USGS MAP)
Andrea Rondeau column: Green Party at a crossroads

Andrea Rondeau column: Green Party at a crossroads

So the Green Party is looking for new leadership both federally and provincially.

Andrea Rondeau column: Green Party at a crossroads
COLUMN: Lessons from a failed bureaucrat

COLUMN: Lessons from a failed bureaucrat

Sometimes the rules need to be applied with reason

COLUMN: Lessons from a failed bureaucrat