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SUZUKI – Lawns are a colonial relic; we should ditch them and free the weeds

July 23, 2024 // 2 Comments

MASSIVE FIELDS of non-native turfgrass that suck up enormous amounts of water and require more pesticides than farms — that’s largely what urban and suburban areas in [Continue]

RECONCILIATION – A buzzword with a battlefield of conflicting interpretations

June 21, 2024 // 1 Comment

By GEOFFREY MOYSE, KC Troy Media Contributor If you Google the First Peoples Law website, you will find a one-minute explanation of “What is reconciliation” by Bruce [Continue]

SUZUKI – Industries in denial: From burning cigarettes to a burning planet

June 18, 2024 // 0 Comments

NOT LONG AGO, smoking was promoted as healthy — even glamourous. Cigarette companies used doctors and movie and TV stars to sell their products. People smoked everywhere [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – B.C. is plagued by dysfunctional municipal councils

May 16, 2024 // 3 Comments

Once you start examining the dysfunctional councils around B.C., you quickly conclude it’s best to keep a large supply of eye wash on hand By STAN BARTLETT Vice Chair, [Continue]

CHIDIAC – Poilievre has no regard for Canadian values of respectful dialogue

May 14, 2024 // 3 Comments

THE GREAT African American writer Maya Angelou said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre raised [Continue]

FIRBY – Decriminalization has proven it won’t solve Canada’s drug crisis

May 11, 2024 // 5 Comments

CANADIAN CITIES must do something to curb the alarming rate of deaths from lethal drugs like heroin, fentanyl, cocaine or methamphetamine. But the solution, if one is even [Continue]