Opinion

The District had an opportunity to create positive precedent, to be true leaders.

When I was a teenager, I frequently travelled to Vancouver Island for war canoe races with my Squamish Nation team. My skipper, our coach and teacher, is from Duncan, where many moons ago, our waterways were travelled by canoes.

It can sometimes feel like this town is overrun with folks who doubt science.

50% of Canadians would support reinstating capital punishment for murder.

The idea that “we’re all in this together” is both true and profoundly not true.

The $8 million in debt is expected to grow

More than two in five poll respondents (43%) say worrying about financial matters made it harder for them to fall asleep at night over the past month

Leaked documents from the BC Centre for Disease Control carry important and timely information about COVID trends, local and neighbourhood "hot spots."

On April 26, SD48 school board trustee Celeste Bickford made a motion that the board write a letter to Vancouver Coastal Health advocating for the remaining teachers, custodians, EAs, bus drivers, maintenance crew, and administrators who have not been eligible for a vaccine to be prioritized given that Sea to Sky is a “hot spot,” it seemed a no-brainer.