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 the beleaguered forest industry, as it…
“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…