Opinion

Lawrie McFarlane: Health-care system needs a full reboot

The system has grown so convoluted and overstretched that it literally cannot be managed.

Oct 1, 2023 5:15 AM Read more >

Charla Huber: Residential schools are not a conspiracy theory

Each time I write about residential schools, my inbox fills with messages from conspiracy theorists, history deniers and people saying enough is enough

Oct 1, 2023 5:05 AM Read more >

Opinion: OCP often shoved aside for developers

Maybe city staff is equally cynical, explaining how little effort is going into the consultation process around the big OCP review that was supposed to happen this year.

Oct 1, 2023 4:30 AM Read more >

Geoff Johnson: Phasing out letter grades for K-9 a good thing

It will be up to teachers to explain that the proficiency scale takes into account the fact that learning occurs in different ways for each learner and doesn’t always follow a nice, predictable linear pathway

Oct 1, 2023 1:39 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: We need a great turnaround in societal values

New ethical frameworks for society are needed that reflect values of human solidarity, quality of life and ecological sensibility

Oct 1, 2023 12:38 AM Read more >

Opinion: Transportation paved the way for colonization — it can also support reconciliation

Transport development paved the way for colonization and is directly linked to the chronic and extreme social inequities Indigenous communities continue to face to this day.

Sep 30, 2023 12:00 PM Read more >

Opinion: Winterizing my old trailer a good thing to do for Truth and Reconciliation Day

I plan to winterize my 50-year-old trailer in Shelley with the help of a few friends, including putting up skirting to keep the underside of our mobile home free from flora, fauna, and frost.

Sep 30, 2023 9:53 AM Read more >

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a time of reflection and action

Andrea Aleck, the Health and Wellness director for səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation), describes what this day means to her

Sep 30, 2023 6:50 AM Read more >

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Orange Shirt Day

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Sep 30, 2023 5:41 AM Read more >

Comment: Ask primary care providers for ideas to fix the health system

In the 1980s there was high-level political contention that there were too many physicians practising in the province.

Sep 30, 2023 4:42 AM Read more >