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For your consideration - Thom Barker

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Can I go back to blissfully out of touch, please?

Thom ponders the 2025 Dictionary.com and Cambridge words of the year

The world’s tallest known tree is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) called Hyperion in Redwood National Park, California. (U.S. Nation Park Service/Wikimedia Commons)

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The Nature Nut

Rosamund Pojar

Prime Minister Mark Carney announces six new ‘national-building’ projects slated for fast-tracking by the Major Projects Office at the BC Hydro Skeena Substation near Terrace on Nov. 13. (Jake Wray/Black Press Media)

Editorials

IN OUR VIEW: There’s more to Canada than raw resources

Current fast-tracked projects feel like a look to Canada’s past

Wags and Whiskers - Joe Griffith

Opinion

Winston’s story: There are no quick fixes for dog behaviour

It takes time, patience, and positive reinforcement to change an unwanted behaviour

Some of the lives lost due to toxic drug supply in B.C. (Black Press file photo)

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COLUMN: B.C.’s toxic drug crisis is at my doorstep and I can’t stop thinking about it

Toxic overdoses are far too common in British Columbia

More books, fewer posts since giving up social media. (Langley Advance Times files)

Opinion

PAINFUL TRUTH: Why I have finally just said ‘no’ to social media

I deleted my last social media account, and I don’t miss it: Matthew Claxton

Jessica Peters is the editor of the Chilliwack Progress and Hope Standard.

Opinion

COLUMN: Gluten-free food tax credit would be delicious for Canadians with celiac

Canadians with celiac disease are looking for financial relief from the government

Jody Jollimore is executive director of CATIE, Canada’s source for HIV and hepatitis C information.

Opinion

JOLLIMORE COLUMN: Canada’s HIV report card

10 years after Canada committed to end the HIV epidemic, where do we stand?

Scott Lunny is the Director of USW District 3, representing over 30,000 members in British Columbia’s forestry, mining, telecommunications, industrial, warehouse, service sectors and more. (United Steelworkers/Submitted)

Opinion

OPINION: Building an economy in B.C. that has workers’ backs

Doug checks his phone before bed—not to scroll social media—but to see if another layoff notice has gone…

For your consideration - Thom Barker

Opinion

A thin patty does not a smashburger make

Thom recounts a recent shopping depressing experience