Opinion

Opinion: Beijing's scant snow offers a glimpse at the uncertainty 鈥� and risks 鈥� of future Winter Olympics

An analysis of 21 former Winter Olympic venues found that only one of them would be suitable and offer safe racing conditions for athletes if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise

Feb 6, 2022 10:50 AM Read more >

Opinion: Silence is golden? Olympic athletes' freedom of speech muted by Games organizers

Can the Olympic industry survive the damage that calls for a Winter Olympics boycott are doing to its brand?

Feb 6, 2022 10:30 AM Read more >

Kirk LaPointe: Challenge of mending party rifts among tasks facing new BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon

Keeping party together will be a challenge for former deputy premier after controversial campaign.

Feb 5, 2022 8:58 PM Read more >

Opinion: B.C.'s wildfire strategy is leaving whole communities behind

Again, in 2021, record-breaking wildfires burned in British Columbia, fuelled by the heat dome, drought, wind and excessive forest fuels.

Feb 4, 2022 9:53 AM Read more >

John Ducker: How B.C. got rolling again after floods

Gratitude should go to the professionals and crews still slogging away out there

Feb 4, 2022 5:00 AM Read more >

Opinion: Firing of O鈥橳oole deepens rifts in damaged, divided Conservative party

O鈥橳oole鈥檚 experimental feats ultimately proved alienating to the rest of the ensemble and inaccessible even to the dyed-in-the-wool supporters

Feb 3, 2022 10:46 AM Read more >

Opinion: What is a bomb cyclone? An atmospheric scientist聽explains

A bomb cyclone is a large, intense midlatitude storm that has low pressure at its center, weather fronts and an array of associated weather, from blizzards to severe thunderstorms to heavy precipitation.

Feb 3, 2022 10:36 AM Read more >

Opinion: Fish on acid? Microdosing zebrafish with LSD shows its potential benefits for humans

Growing interest in psychedelics has spurred new research decades after hallucinogenics were tested in Saskatchewan in the 1950s. And an unassuming common fish is proving a useful test subject

Feb 3, 2022 9:57 AM Read more >

Editorial: Truck rally 'freedom,' for whom?

If you are a civilized, democracy-supporting 麻豆社国产resident, these nods to alt-right ideology and downright despicable behaviour must not be shrugged off or excused.

Feb 3, 2022 8:12 AM Read more >

Opinion: The 麻豆社国产double whammy 鈥� infill and sprawl

All in all, despite the best intentions of the District鈥檚 planning department, at the present rate, this town is heading for the double whammy of high-density infill overload, coupled with unfettered urban sprawl.

Feb 3, 2022 7:15 AM Read more >