A bit of good news came out of Victoria this week, which could have easily been missed under the avalanche of bad news that was coming out of the capital. British Columbia is now “operating debt-free for the first time in more than 40 years,” according to the province’s second quarterly report.  But that's not really the good...

To The Editor: It is a sign of our times that the most important political decision of our time is sitting in a ballot on our kitchen table (or misplaced in our junk mail).   We have in front of us an opportunity to change the voting system in our Province. We can remain with a system that limits choice and places decision ...

Canada’s freshwater supply and water quality across the country is generally very good, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “Canadians are rightly sensitive about the country’s water supply, and the good news is that, overall, the quantity...

“Life isn’t perfect, of course, but we all know it’s how you react to things that counts.” –     Landon Donovan The story of climate change needs a rewrite. The narrative we’ve been hearing and reading about since the late 1980s has fallen on too many deaf ears and blinkered eyes. Despite warnings of increased drought, heavy...

To The Editor: I am truly appreciative of all the voters who have contacted me because they are trying to figure out for themselves how they might vote in this important referendum . I voted for Proportional Representation. Why? Because I am a Green Party supporter? No. I grew up in the UK under both Conservative and Labour...

To The Editor: It is a sign of our times that the most important political decision of our time is sitting in a ballot on our kitchen table (or misplaced in our junk mail). We have in front of us an opportunity to change the voting system in our Province. We can remain with a system that limits choice and places decision...

By Graeme Lee Rowlands Salmon used to swim all the way up the Columbia River from the Pacific Ocean near Astoria, Oregon to the Canadian Rocky Mountains at the river’s headwaters in Canal Flats, British Columbia.  It was an astounding journey of 2,000 km upstream that cut through a landscape of lush forest, dry desert and...

To The Editor: BC taxpayers miss out on almost a billion dollars every year due to our government's dangerous and misguided fossil fuels subsidies; dangerous because fossil fuel expansion threatens to further degrade the health of BC's citizens and environment, misguided as it unfairly skews the market away from the clean...

On Remembrance Day, Canadians honour the bravery, loyalty and sacrifice of those who gave their lives in service to our country. We remember more than 100,000 men and women who gave their lives in two World Wars, in Korea, in places like southern Afghanistan and in peacekeeping missions around the world. We also salute our ...

Having survived two referendums in Quebec – the 1992 Charlottetown Accord and the 1995 referendum on independence – I feel I might have a few experiences to share and some kindly advice to offer. On the first front, referendum campaigns are rarely fun affairs, which flows to the second part, time to dial it down. We all have...