Opinion

Administration justified the city’s pesticide use by piously invoking the city’s responsibility for invasive weed control. Does it matter that invasive species account for only 6.07 hectares out of a total of about 47.8 hectares sprayed by the city in 2020, or that most “weeds” sprayed by the city are dandelions and plantain, which aren’t on any invasive weed lists? 

There will eventually be another collapse on La Palma and then a tsunami. What we don’t know is the size and reach of the resulting tsunami

We must all work especially hard, together, to reduce transmission in our schools to maintain full-time in person learning, which we know is best for our students

Vaccines have proven an effective preventive measure against this and other predatory viral life forms, such as polio, mumps and the flu

Unvaccinated populations are the breeding ground for more lethal variants

I am sure the people of this city would get behind such a move to provide support for our hardworking and essential firefighters

It is a timely reminder during National Newspaper Week, which runs from Oct. 3 to Oct. 9.

Housing is a community issue that will require input and effort from many people and different levels of government. Only by working together will we be able to solve these complex problems

Could the forerunners be one or more groups that did an end-run around the glaciers 22,000 years ago, thrived for a little while in the Americas, and then for some reason died out?

We know we are just scratching the surface in ways we can support and help our homeless neighbours and nurture hope in new beginnings.