Opinion

Worker at Swartz Bay terminal. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

CAMPBELL: Couple ‘evicted’ from B.C. ferry terminal gets zero sympathy here

Couple posts video of confrontation onto social media after being 4 minutes late

Worker at Swartz Bay terminal. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

Director Jill Hayward: TNRD provides many services for residents of Area ‘O’

By Jill Hayward Seasons greetings to all the folks who live in…

  • Jan 15, 2023
For those like me, that for any reason couldn’t get out with their camera over the holidays, now is the time, even if it’s only a short walk along the road or path near your home, to take your camera out and take a few photos. (John Enman photo)

Grab your camera and get outside for some winter therapy

There are many locations that I like to stop for a moment of landscape photos on Duck Range Road

  • Jan 15, 2023
For those like me, that for any reason couldn’t get out with their camera over the holidays, now is the time, even if it’s only a short walk along the road or path near your home, to take your camera out and take a few photos. (John Enman photo)
The District of Barriere is working on a number of rezoning application submissions this year including the Dixon Creek Road property that could see up to 80 new, one-acre wilderness residential lots.  (Bob Payette photo)

Health care challenges, new residential developments top of mind for Barriere

District of Barriere CAO Bob Payette shares news from 2022 and looks ahead to 2023

  • Jan 15, 2023
The District of Barriere is working on a number of rezoning application submissions this year including the Dixon Creek Road property that could see up to 80 new, one-acre wilderness residential lots.  (Bob Payette photo)
Jessica Peters is a reporter with the Abbotsford News, and an invasive cervical cancer survivor.

OPINION: Cervical cancer awareness didn’t seem important to me, until it was

January is cervical awareness month and a time to understand how devastating the disease really is

Jessica Peters is a reporter with the Abbotsford News, and an invasive cervical cancer survivor.
Someone in Victoria had a frustrating birthday after a sign meant for them was put on the wrong lawn. (Pexels photo)
Someone in Victoria had a frustrating birthday after a sign meant for them was put on the wrong lawn. (Pexels photo)
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)
The Buffalo Bills pray on the field after their teammate Damar Hamlin was taken to hospital after suffering cardiac arrest. (@BuffaloBills/Twitter)

Jordy’s Journal: The good and the bad of the Damar Hamlin incident

As of Wednesday morning, Hamlin remains in critical condition in ICU, showing signs of improvement

The Buffalo Bills pray on the field after their teammate Damar Hamlin was taken to hospital after suffering cardiac arrest. (@BuffaloBills/Twitter)
Still from Chilliwack Realtor Kevin Schroeder’s January 2022 Instagram video where he explains how BC Assessment increases in property value have no impact on property taxes. (Instagram @kevinschroederrealtor)

OPINION: B.C. Realtor’s explanation how property assessment increases do not affect taxes

Because it’s important, a 2nd look at Kevin Schroeder’s Instagram video on how property taxes work

Still from Chilliwack Realtor Kevin Schroeder’s January 2022 Instagram video where he explains how BC Assessment increases in property value have no impact on property taxes. (Instagram @kevinschroederrealtor)
Ranch Musings columnist David Zirnhelt. (File photo)

RANCH MUSINGS: taking a more sophisticated approach to stewarding the soil

Many small steps can be the progress to which we aspire

  • Dec 24, 2022
Ranch Musings columnist David Zirnhelt. (File photo)
Premier David Eby and Premier Danielle Smith (Canadian Press photos)
Premier David Eby and Premier Danielle Smith (Canadian Press photos)
Jessica Peters is a reporter at the Abbotsford News and a big fan of Father Christmas.

COLUMN: The magic of Christmas isn’t so unbelievable, is it?

A deep adoration of Santa Claus and everything he represents has led to a life of loving Christmas

Jessica Peters is a reporter at the Abbotsford News and a big fan of Father Christmas.
Jim Hilton pens a column on forestry each week for Black Press Media.

FOREST INK: Black cottonwood has many good qualities

There are three native poplar species in this province. Trembling (Quaking) Aspen…

  • Dec 11, 2022
Jim Hilton pens a column on forestry each week for Black Press Media.
(Nature Conservancy of Canada handout photo)

OPINION: Conserving forest, grassland and wetland ecosystems in B.C. has global impact

This week and next governments, scientists and conservation experts are gathering in…

  • Dec 8, 2022
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The precious gifts of Myrrh and Mirth

During the festive season of Christmas and New Year, the old story…

  • Dec 8, 2022
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PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Come to Him

Jesus’ message to the people was to seek not merely for material…

  • Dec 3, 2022
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No longer prudent to rely on traditional sources of energy

To the editor; Re: COP26 I have heard very little of Greta…

  • Nov 25, 2022
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The Twitter logo is displayed outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco. (Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris)

PAINFUL TRUTH: Where is the public square?

We’ve redefined public speech since the advent of the internet

The Twitter logo is displayed outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco. (Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris)
Thom Barker

8 billion is a massive number, especially when it’s the number of humans

As of November 15, 2022, there are officially more than eight billion…

Thom Barker
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PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: Words of Life

News of the miracle Jesus did in feeding the multitude spread far…

  • Nov 20, 2022
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