Opinion

Not long ago, B.C’s Speaker of the legislature Darryl Plecas promised that he’d resign if the contents of a report into shenanigans at the clerk’s office didn’t make people want to vomit.

Dear Editor: Re: Vacancy Tax Welcome , Jan. 23 editorial viewpoint. Typical. Let’s fix it by taxing it. Fifty per cent of our income goes to taxes.

It’s going to take an enormous amount of work by the suspended legislature officers and their lawyers to counter the impressions left by Speaker Darryl Plecas’s allegations of misconduct.

Dear Editor: Re: LGH Foundation Reaches $100-Million Fundraising Goal , Jan. 23 news story.

It can be hard for coaches to stop yammering away every minute of every game

Byelections at any level rarely have outcomes that are potentially game-changing ones, but in an unusual twist, we have two such contests underway in this province.

Homeowners across Metro Vancouver will soon be getting notices saying they have to register with the province as resident homeowners or qualify for an exemption or face paying B.C.’s new (and newly named) speculation and vacancy tax.

Open letter to District of West Vancouver council: With the limited transit involving transfers, no car-share, and no car hailing in West Vancouver the options for getting around except by car are very limited.

Dear Editor: I’m writing in as a long time resident of West Vancouver who strongly supports TransLink’s B-Line project.

Bees, famously, fly in straight lines because it’s the most efficient way of getting from Point A to Point B. It’s precisely why TransLink has named their express bus routes B-Lines.