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Painful Truth: The eclipse and the myth of lost productivity

Painful Truth: The eclipse and the myth of lost productivity

Was $700 million in work really “lost” to the recent solar eclipse?
Odd Thoughts: Good deeds don’t trump evil

Odd Thoughts: Good deeds don’t trump evil

Nasty behaviour by pests is unwelcome.
Grizzly hunt ban aims at cities

Grizzly hunt ban aims at cities

John Horgan’s NDP rushes announcement to raise money
OPINION: Battle against intolerance will be fought in history classrooms

OPINION: Battle against intolerance will be fought in history classrooms

A complete accounting of the past – not platitudes – is our best weapon against racist mistruths
McGregor Says: The great escape

McGregor Says: The great escape

I was at the gas pumps one day and while my hard earned cash was flowing into my fuel tank, I found myself admiring the motorcycle at the adjacent pump.
Painful Truth: Army of liars backs racist violence

Painful Truth: Army of liars backs racist violence

An online army makes excuses and gathers recruits for extremist ideology.
Odd Thoughts: Berried in political pie

Odd Thoughts: Berried in political pie

Politics is like picking blackberries, says columnist Bob Groeneveld.
BC VIEWS: Notes from the forest fire zone

BC VIEWS: Notes from the forest fire zone

Media hype aside, this is not the worst fire season ever
McGregor Says: Looking past the smoke

McGregor Says: Looking past the smoke

As we get a bit older and wiser we are not surprised when, once in a while, a silver lining has a dark cloud attached. For example, the day after the weatherman told us we could possibly have a month or more with no rain in sight, the smoke from the forest fires socked in the Lower Mainland.
Painful Truth: If Twitter can’t make cash, go cooperative

Painful Truth: If Twitter can’t make cash, go cooperative

Why shouldn’t a common resource be run by its own users?