Dear Editor, As I write this, patients are travelling long distances for consultations with specialists. Many of these journeys, for simple face to face meetings are made even though the required workup has been completed and the results forwarded. BUT - What if you could visit a GP, have the referral and information forwarded...

The  BC Government has announced changes in the works for  ICBC, claiming these will remove lawyers and legal costs from the system “to reduce rates and substantially increase care benefits, making public auto insurance work for British Columbians again.” The new system is referred to as a “care-based” system.  Here’s what ...

There was a time, not long ago, when the idea of what counted as “women’s work” was much more limited than it is today. When I heard about a young machinist from Delta, B.C. named Chelsea, I wanted to learn more about her path into the trades. As a kid, Chelsea looked up to her father and brother who both work in the trades....

In support of the January 25th Global Day of Action calling for No War on Iran, approximately 80 people who gathered at Castlegar United Church urged all Federal party leaders to work to avoid a catastrophic war.  They wrote: Whereas the USA may launch a war on Iran; Whereas such a war will involve Canada; Whereas such a war...

Premier John Horgan shuffled the deck chairs for the Provincial Cabinet Wednesday, which landed Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall in the seat of Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness.  In a media release Wednesday, Horgan said the change is part of the changes to cabinet announced this morning by Premier...

An explosive Global News investigative report today says that the RCMP warned the former BC Liberal government about serious criminal activity infecting the province’s gaming sector. Former Crown prosecutor Sandy Garossino said the RCMP report “shreds the credibility” of former Solicitor General Rich Coleman’s explanation for...

By Jennifer Quaid; originally published in The Conversation About a year ago, the SNC-Lavalin controversy introduced Canadians to a new way of settling criminal charges — remediation agreements. Added to Canadian law via a budget bill in June 2018, the system was put to the test almost immediately when SNC-Lavalin sought a ...

This time last year, I was hoping 2019 would have a lot less 2018 in it. Didn't quite work out so well. But not to despair, we can still hope and set some resolutions for 2020. These first ones are for all of us. Social media seems to bring out the worst in people (including me). It's too easy to flip someone off online. So,...

When I first heard the story, I thought it was the plot for a TV show. A young, working mother living with her kids in an apartment in Vancouver. Her downstairs neighbour is an elderly woman who comes over weekly to help with child care and house cleaning. Over the months of living in the same building and being a regular...

B.C. may have developed an allergy, an allergic reaction, if you will, to getting to the bottom of things. It's the only explanation. Whenever there's more than a whiff of a scandal in the corridors of power, the government of the day often falls back on a line that could be easily lifted and paraphrased from the 1992 film ...