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GINTA – When compassion is missing, the consequences can be deadly

August 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

LAST WEEK on Wednesday evening a 14-year-old lost his life to a suspected overdose. Carson Crimeni was alone as he struggled to stay alive, after being surrounded by a crowd [Continue]

WALSH – Now is the time for a serious talk about our one-way traffic network

August 11, 2019 // 4 Comments

AS YOU MAY BE NOW AWARE, I am actively advocating to have a serious discussion on the possibility of converting some of our one-way streets to two-way usage, in the process [Continue]

KNOX – Our drug prices lure Americans here but how much can we spare?

August 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

WHEN TAYLOR YOUNG made his way off the Anacortes ferry and into a Sidney pharmacy the other day, he paid $300 for insulin that would have cost $2,400 back home in Norman, [Continue]

JOHNSON – How to traffic quieten, pedestrianize and create gridlock – 101

August 11, 2019 // 2 Comments

DENIS WALSH SEEMS TO BE on the Seymour Street one lane warpath, and seems to be putting this together as a High School 101 course on the consequences of faulty city design [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Satellites make good neighbours, and Canada is one

August 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

A LOT OF fuss is being made of the Apollo 11 landing of a man on the moon one-half century ago but not so much about Canada’s launch of the Alouette 1 at the same time. [Continue]

BEPPLE – New name for B.C. Day would be another step toward reconciliation

August 7, 2019 // 3 Comments

IN TERMS OF LONG WEEKENDS, this is the best time of year. We’ve just had B.C. Day, and just before that it was Canada Day. Within a month, there’s Labour Day. B.C. Day [Continue]