Opinion

In Fall 2016, my column on the cancellation of Northern Gateway was picked up by the CBC. My words became a recorded essay for The 180 show and, after some elocution training in the CBC lilt, I read: "we no longer live in a nation called Canada.

For any community that is more than just a collection of people and the buildings they occupy, stitched together with roads, arts and culture belongs at its centre, not in some rotting shack sitting anonymously on some major throughfare.

There is no stronger evidence for the need to change to proportional representation than politicians once in power dispensing government benefits to reward friends and punish enemies. For example, for ten years the B.C.

The current pipeline controversy has obviously polarized many into choosing sides, yet it is becoming increasingly clear that many are uninformed and many more completely unwilling to address the real issues at hand.

A few weeks ago, I was asked whether I was in favour or opposed to Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. My answer was yes - which, of course, really isn't an answer. But we tend to frame nuanced debates as dichotomies.

If there is one word to describe the imperative behind the mandate given to the commission looking into the tragedy of murdered and missing Indigenous women "urgency" would be a good one.

I feel a little responsible that spring has not yet arrived. If I mention the weather in my column, there is a 100 per cent chance that the weather will worsen; if I could monetize this unenviable power, maybe this could be something.

It doesn't matter what corner you have to stand on, Brent Butt will have a gas with you.

Terry Burgess was born in Prince George in 1936 and grew up in South Fort George. His mother Helen Devauld was born in Vanderhoof. His father Terrance Burgess arrived in Canada in 1927 from Lewiston, Montana.

The educational system in British Columbia is one of the best in the world, according to documents published by The Conference Board of Canada and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA).