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Opinion: Inquiry must assess how Canada's fragmented COVID-19 response lost the public's trust

Opinion: Inquiry must assess how Canada's fragmented COVID-19 response lost the public's trust

Now is the time to learn from the COVID-19 response through an action-oriented independent inquiry focused on accountability. Reforms to data generation, access and use are essential.
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Monique Keiran: Test your knowledge in a natural history quiz for B.C. Day

Monique Keiran: Test your knowledge in a natural history quiz for B.C. Day

What official B.C. animal can mimic birds, squirrels, cats, dogs, chickens and mechanical objects?
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B.C.'s low-income renters thought they'd get free AC units, but some face hurdles

B.C.'s low-income renters thought they'd get free AC units, but some face hurdles

Involvement of landlords seen as an unnecessary barrier to obtaining air conditioning units.
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Opinion: The illusion and implications of 'just following the science' COVID-19 messaging

Opinion: The illusion and implications of 'just following the science' COVID-19 messaging

During the pandemic, it was common for politicians to explain their COVID-19 policies by saying they were 'just following the science.' Such claims can be misleading about both science and government.
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Research groups sound alarm after reports of three whales struck by ships off B.C.

Research groups sound alarm after reports of three whales struck by ships off B.C.

Shipping traffic and humpback whale populations are both on the rise — often in the same areas — escalating the risk of vessel strikes to humpbacks.
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How climate change drives hotter, more frequent heat waves

How climate change drives hotter, more frequent heat waves

Heat waves around the world are happening more frequently and reaching higher temperatures because of climate change.
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Letter: Journalists go to events to report, not referee

Letter: Journalists go to events to report, not referee

This letter writer argues columnist Kirk LaPointe was doing his job when he wrote about a recent public spat in West Vancouver rather than trying to break it up
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Lingerie designer Christine Morton celebrates 50 years in fine fashion

Lingerie designer Christine Morton celebrates 50 years in fine fashion

The West Vancouver designer’s silk pieces have adorned some of the world’s most famous women, including Elizabeth Taylor, Chrissy Teigen, Cher and Oprah
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Alberta teen dead after two jet skis collide on B.C. lake

Alberta teen dead after two jet skis collide on B.C. lake

A 14-year-old girl died from her injuries.
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Time Traveller: B.C. residents love their Pacific dogwood tree flowers

Time Traveller: B.C. residents love their Pacific dogwood tree flowers

To celebrate B.C. Day, learn more about the official provincial flower. Dogwood flowers were so popular that in 1931 the province made it illegal to cut them from trees on private properties.
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