Opinion

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Pellet plant should be investigated for whole log use

Bulkley Clean Air Now and Conservation North think NewPro’s proposal should be investigated

  • May 18, 2023
To submit a letter to the editor, e-mail editor@nanaimobulletin.com. Include your first and last name or initials and a last name, and your city of residence. Letters will be edited.
Smithers Interior News Editorial

We need your help

Freedom of information in Canada is abysmal, a public outcry is needed

  • May 18, 2023
Smithers Interior News Editorial
On the Ropes - Tom Roper

Artist honours grandparents and Gitxsan culture with playing cards

Tom sits down with Hazelton artist Michelle Stoney

  • May 11, 2023
On the Ropes - Tom Roper
Populus trichocarpa (black cottonwood). (M. Duerst photo)

The Nature Nut

Rosamund Pojar

  • May 11, 2023
Populus trichocarpa (black cottonwood). (M. Duerst photo)
For your consideration - Thom Barker

Is the pen mightier than the computer?

Thom considers the virtues of writing longhand versus typing

  • May 11, 2023
For your consideration - Thom Barker
Daresay - Deb Meissner

Living life with love and giving thanks

“Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars,” Kasey Kasum

Daresay - Deb Meissner
The Sticky Files - Marisca Bakker

The origins of Mother’s Day

Marisca honours her mom and the woman who created the holiday

The Sticky Files - Marisca Bakker
Interior News Editorial

Welcome back to The Mother

The day has finally come for the premiere on Netflix tomorrow (May 12).

Interior News Editorial
For your consideration - Thom Barker

If you live long enough, all your heroes will die

Thom pays tribute to Gordon Lightfoot who died May 1

  • May 4, 2023
For your consideration - Thom Barker
On the Ropes - Tom Roper

Timbuktu or bust: African adventures Part 3

Tom recounts trying to get back to Europe following an attempted coup in Morocco

  • May 4, 2023
On the Ropes - Tom Roper
Photograph of a White-crowned Sparrow taken in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Andeansolitaire / Wikimedia Commons

The Nature Nut

Rosamund Pojar

  • May 4, 2023
Photograph of a White-crowned Sparrow taken in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Andeansolitaire / Wikimedia Commons
Daresay - Deb Meissner
Daresay - Deb Meissner
The Sticky Files - Marisca Bakker

May the Fourth be with you to remember your passwords

May 4 is both Star Wars Day and World Password Day

  • May 4, 2023
The Sticky Files - Marisca Bakker
A group of nurses and doctors, all members of the group Doctors and Nurses for Planetary Health, rallied in front of Nelson City Hall in a demonstration to urge governments for action on climate change and environmental degradation. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

OUR PLANETARY HEALTH: Nurses have an ethical duty to advocate for climate justice

Why would nurses care about climate change? This is a question I…

  • Apr 28, 2023
A group of nurses and doctors, all members of the group Doctors and Nurses for Planetary Health, rallied in front of Nelson City Hall in a demonstration to urge governments for action on climate change and environmental degradation. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
Daresay - Deb Meissner

Spring has sprung, I think

A time to celebrate our little blue orb in the universe

Daresay - Deb Meissner
The Sticky Files - Marisca Bakker

There is land — we just need to make it available

Earlier this month, the Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre Society proposed to…

The Sticky Files - Marisca Bakker
The Mourning Cloak. Pavel Kirillov/Wikimedia Commons

The Nature Nut

Rosamund Pojar

  • Apr 27, 2023
The Mourning Cloak. Pavel Kirillov/Wikimedia Commons
Heiko Krause competes in bike racing. (Submitted photo)

Smithers bike racer eyes the pro ranks

Heiko Krause got his training wheels off at the age of two

  • Apr 27, 2023
Heiko Krause competes in bike racing. (Submitted photo)
For your consideration - Thom Barker

I maybe don’t like what sneezing says about me

Thom contemplates what his hatred of sneezing means

  • Apr 27, 2023
For your consideration - Thom Barker
Smithers Interior News Editorial

Safety first

April 28 is National Day of Mourning for workers who died on the job

  • Apr 27, 2023
Smithers Interior News Editorial