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NATIONAL PULSE – Half in Canada now worried about COVID-19 infection

March 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 11, 2020 – As Canada records its first COVID-19 related death, the latest tracking survey data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Time to dust off our zipper-merge driving skills again

March 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW SOON WE FORGET. After a short winter break, work on Victoria Street West is heading into the final stages, with completion expected in [Continue]

SUZUKI – If corporations have legal rights, why not rivers?

March 11, 2020 // 1 Comment

A POPULAR SIGN at climate marches reads, “System Change, Not Climate Change.” What does system change look like? Environmental crises such as climate disruption and [Continue]

GINTA – Personal responsibility can prevent future tragedies

March 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

ON A FATEFUL DAY in 2012, somewhere on Salt Spring Island, a set of bad decisions ended up changing many people’s lives for the worst and ending one. Calder [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Nothing inherently wrong with allowing businesses in Riverside

March 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE SPECTRE OF BUSINESS in Riverside Park has raised its head again and will undoubtedly raise the hackles of those who think anything that [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Panic buying of toilet paper is turning into a real bummer

March 9, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU’VE PAID A VISIT to the toilet paper aisle lately, you might have noticed the shelves are sorely depleted. This is a strange [Continue]