Opinion

Columnist Al Lehmann (file photo)

Lehmann’s perspective on goals: Hockey or climate change?

Canadians obsessed with hockey while ignoring climate change

  • Mar 13, 2023

 

Columnist André Carrel (File photo)

CARREL: City financial plan consultation a feel-good exercise

If feeling good is the objective, feedback from 26 citizens is fantastic

  • Mar 12, 2023

 

The RCMP arrested, and subsequently released, two more opponents of the Coastal GasLink pipeline for setting up a blockade near Houston on, Nov. 29, 2021. (Gidimt’en Checkpoint/ Facebook)

OPINION: Lawsuit against RCMP raises line between activism and journalism

The Narwhal non-profit environmental publication and Amber Bracken, a freelance photographer who…

 

Columnist Andre Carrel (File photo)

Losses to society outweigh benefits of tax cuts

Promises of tax cuts offer marginal short-term benefits

  • Feb 6, 2023
Columnist Andre Carrel (File photo)
Certain apps can make users more mindful of their social media use. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

KITTERINGHAM: Why I unfollowed 500 social media accounts this month

Social media was depressing me, so I did something about it

Certain apps can make users more mindful of their social media use. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Kathi Diewert of Chemainus captures many interesting nature shots around the Island. No matter what it looks like outside, there’s no sense in creating any false sadness on so-called Blue Monday and beyond. (Photo by Kathi Diewert)

BODGER: Blue Monday is bogus, stop looking for reasons to be sad

There’s no evidence one day should be the saddest compared to any other

Kathi Diewert of Chemainus captures many interesting nature shots around the Island. No matter what it looks like outside, there’s no sense in creating any false sadness on so-called Blue Monday and beyond. (Photo by Kathi Diewert)
Two children under 18 held in custody by the Iranian regime that have been sponsored by Federal Canadian MPs to try to help stop their execution. Ali Rakhshani, 17, is endorsed by Fleetwood-Port Kells MP Ken Hardie, and Mohammad Rakhshani, 16, is endorsed by North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson. (Twitter @balo0chgirl)

OPINION: Iranian woman living in Fraser Valley urging MPs to sponsor prisoners to avoid execution

Nine federal Liberal MPs ‘sponsor’ Iranian detainees by sharing their plights on social media

Two children under 18 held in custody by the Iranian regime that have been sponsored by Federal Canadian MPs to try to help stop their execution. Ali Rakhshani, 17, is endorsed by Fleetwood-Port Kells MP Ken Hardie, and Mohammad Rakhshani, 16, is endorsed by North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson. (Twitter @balo0chgirl)
FILE - This undated image provided by the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows the NIF Target Bay in Livermore, Calif. The system uses 192 laser beams converging at the center of this giant sphere to make a tiny hydrogen fuel pellet implode. (Damien Jemison/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory via AP, File)

OPINION: Nuclear fusion may change our world but renewable energy sources will save it: experts

Harnessing nuclear fusion could take more than 40 years, while some solutions already exist

  • Jan 8, 2023
FILE - This undated image provided by the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows the NIF Target Bay in Livermore, Calif. The system uses 192 laser beams converging at the center of this giant sphere to make a tiny hydrogen fuel pellet implode. (Damien Jemison/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory via AP, File)
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Gas prices: Is it simply greed?

Letter writer points to disconnect of gas prices in different towns

  • Dec 6, 2022
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.
The city opened four new bike shelters in September that have been observed as mostly empty since. (Staff photo)

CARREL: At $223,650, are bike shelters a wise decision?

Conditional grant programs put municipalities in an impossible position

  • Nov 19, 2022
The city opened four new bike shelters in September that have been observed as mostly empty since. (Staff photo)
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.

New faces and fresh ideas for Thornhill

Now’s the time to make things happen for Thornhill, says letter writer

  • Nov 7, 2022
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.

Seek solutions which are life-giving

We need respectful discussion about abortion, says letter writer

  • Nov 7, 2022
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.

The BC Liberals and the federal Conservatives have something in common

Proportional representation is the only fair political system, says letter writer

  • Nov 5, 2022
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.

Taxation without representation

16 year olds have the right to work and should have the right to vote too, says letter writer

  • Nov 5, 2022
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.

What a welcome for the newly elected council!

File an injunction against Elks Hall as a damp shelter, says letter writer

  • Nov 5, 2022
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.

Are we getting gouged?

What is up with gas prices? asks letter writer

  • Nov 5, 2022
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail michael.willcock@terracestandard.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.
Charman Smith at a press conference last year via Zoom from Turkey. (Screenshot)

OPINION: Yukon woman imprisoned in Turkey deserves better

First Nations woman in dire straights abroad gets scant help from our government

Charman Smith at a press conference last year via Zoom from Turkey. (Screenshot)
Distancing signs like these became the ‘new normal’ in early 2020. We have no idea what will come next. Photo: Canadian Press

Painful Truth: There’s no normal, new or old

Whatever comes next will feel normal eventually, no matter how strange it is

Distancing signs like these became the ‘new normal’ in early 2020. We have no idea what will come next. Photo: Canadian Press
COLUMN: Forestry no longer close to top of B.C.’s economy

COLUMN: Forestry no longer close to top of B.C.’s economy

Our reactions to a forestry downturn reflect the past, not the present

COLUMN: Forestry no longer close to top of B.C.’s economy
COLUMN | City not meeting intent of public consultation

COLUMN | City not meeting intent of public consultation

Columnist Andre Carrel says he’s not surprised only one person showed up to the city budget meeting

  • Feb 12, 2020
COLUMN | City not meeting intent of public consultation
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