“I brought this up in … 2023 and they did nothing but deny, deny, deny, and then downplay, while the public’s risk was increasing.” –Elenore Sturko After years of attacking…
David Eby spoke encouragingly at the British Columbia Natural Resources Forum in Prince George last month when he pledged his government would expand and…
Tolerance and kindness have historically been central to Canadian identity. We like to think of ourselves as a live-and-let-live, do-what-you-want-as-long-as-it doesn’t-hurt-me kind of people.…
“Radical harm reduction activists have removed hope from the equation, replacing treatment, recovery, and a real future, with a system that enables ongoing use.”…
Premier David Eby is seeking to reassure provincial forestry workers about the impact of looming U.S. tariffs from incoming American president Donald Trump. But…
Slumping resource revenues drive up BC’s record $9.4 billion deficit A slumping natural resources sector, crying out for help from the provincial government, contributed…
“That’s just wrong. No one gets away with that.” –Brad Sperling Peace River officials pushed back against the provincial government’s recent decision to exempt…
“Government is a colonial institution … It is government’s ethical and moral obligation to undo this legacy.” ––B.C. Ministry of the Attorney General It’s official.…
Critics call for expanded community forests, cutting costs for industry B.C.’s new forests minister says he intends to be “bold” in finding solutions for…
“We were inundated with workshops and directives to decolonize our workplace, be on the lookout for systemic discrimination, and hectored on what new words…
UNDRIP framework for land use agreement, divisive, likely unconstitutional As a former B.C. government senior legal counsel on Aboriginal law who spent 31 years…
The story of the forestry industry in British Columbia swings between historical highs of prosperity and today’s lows of punishing decay. Forestry used to…
B.C.’s two main political parties have promised to fast-track permitting for mines that extract critical minerals — a sign, the sector says, that politicians…
“Nanaimo has become the face of public disorder.” –Collen Middleton I often hear the phrase “balance of harm” when talking with advocates for unhoused…
Last month, another B.C. nurse risked career ruin to reveal disturbing truths about what’s going on in our healthcare system – this time at a Vancouver…
“It’s like playing Whack-A-Mole… the misinformation online spreads, I swear, faster than facts.” ––Jilly Laviolette Wildfire scientists and emergency service providers say they’re frustrated…
Street-entrenched patients are endangering elderly residents and nursing staff, say sources. “The language, sexual assault, the physical aggression, the weapons, I mean, it finally…
When Portugal decriminalized drug possession, it had 60 therapeutic communities and zero drug consumption sites. The BC government has introduced no therapeutic communities and…