FIRE – Cause of Seymour Street fire deemed ‘undeterminable’
The cause of a residential fire on Seymour Street has been deemed undeterminable at this time, despite a current police presence at the address. On April 6, 2023, around 5 [Continue]
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LETTER – Transparency, accountability by City council would be a good thing
On March 31, 2023, the Mayor requested that Councillor Neustaeter clarify her allegation that he had violated her personal boundaries, an allegation that she had made in [Continue]
EDITORIAL – BC Housing continues with its ‘done deal’ approach on shelters
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BC HOUSING works in mysterious ways. I mean that both in the sense of being hard to understand, and of operating in an atmosphere of [Continue]
EDITORIAL – There’s good cause for concern about minimum wage hike
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE MINIMUM WAGE will go up again June 1 — the usual anniversary for such increases — and businesses are already crying the blues. But [Continue]
EDITORIAL – NDP government’s housing mandate threatens civic autonomy
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S SOMETHING TROUBLING about the NDP government’s latest plan to increase housing in the province. Actually, there’s a lot [Continue]
KNOX – Damn but it’s been a privilege to write this column for so long
LONG AGO, on my first day at the Times Colonist, I was toured around the building by an editor who cheerfully pointed out places where people had had sex. The cot in the [Continue]
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