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UNPOPULAR OPINION: Police discipline in impaired driving cases must be fair

UNPOPULAR OPINION: Police discipline in impaired driving cases must be fair

Photo BRUCE STOTESBURY, TIMES COLONIST Recently, reports came out about a New Westminster police officer who was issued an Immediate Roadside Prohibition — an administrative penalty under British Columbia’s Motor Vehicle Act — for drinking and drivin
UNPOPULAR OPINION: Here's why the changes to ICBC's injury claims are... not good

UNPOPULAR OPINION: Here's why the changes to ICBC's injury claims are... not good

The “Financial dumpster fire” is being revamped. Photo Dan Toulgoet Now that the BC Government has passed the amendments to the Insurance Vehicle Act, the clock begins to count down for those who want a fair insurance claim.
Read this open letter about the Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­restaurant named after a drug lord who killed 5,000 people

Read this open letter about the Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­restaurant named after a drug lord who killed 5,000 people

Open letter: What's in a name? Escobar, the complex issues behind naming a restaurant after a criminal Vancouver, BC — The opening of the restaurant Escobar on Fraser Street, in Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­(Unceded Coast Salish Territory), has generated massive outcry
The only phone at V.I.A. that received the Emergency Alert was a Blackberry

The only phone at V.I.A. that received the Emergency Alert was a Blackberry

At 1:55 this afternoon most members of the V.I.A. editorial team were hovering over our phones, which were all lined up here at the office, waiting to see what would happen on them. As we let you know yesterday, the Alert Ready system in B.C.
LETTER: Thank you to the person who found my keys in Pacific Spirit Park

LETTER: Thank you to the person who found my keys in Pacific Spirit Park

This morning I was walking my dog Ginger with my friend and her dog. I parked near the 33rd and Camosun entrance, locked my card and we proceeded to do our usual 6km route.
Formerly neutral Salmon Foundation calls for removal of open net-pen salmon farms in B.C.

Formerly neutral Salmon Foundation calls for removal of open net-pen salmon farms in B.C.

The Pacific Salmon Foundation released a statement today that is sure to raise some eyebrows, and which will likely help declining salmon populations.
11 things I learned while detoxifying from Vancouver's Twittersphere

11 things I learned while detoxifying from Vancouver's Twittersphere

Two weeks ago I decided that, after a few years navigating Twitter, I'd had enough of the platform.
The government quietly made these common easy-open folding knives illegal

The government quietly made these common easy-open folding knives illegal

Kershaw flippers The Canada Border Services Agency won a court case last November which barely made a ripple in the media, but have had an impact on the products now seen in stores in Vancouver. Appeal No.
UNPOPULAR OPINION: Bill C-75’s Intimate Partner Provisions Will Have The Opposite of the Desired Effect

UNPOPULAR OPINION: Bill C-75’s Intimate Partner Provisions Will Have The Opposite of the Desired Effect

The Federal Government tabled Bill C-75 last week , and almost instantly (or as quickly as defence lawyers could read 300+ pages of an omnibus bill covering numerous aspects of criminal justice) the backlash began.
LETTER: Don’t use tax dollars to help damage the climate

LETTER: Don’t use tax dollars to help damage the climate

Photo Dan Toulgoet Dear Editor: An open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: B.C. Nature (the Federation of B.C.