Opinion

While announcing an increase to welfare rates and firing the president of B.C.

Last week, I started a short series on the idea of the balance of power. The current minority NDP government will be supported in the legislature by three Green Party MLAs. This arrangement is not a coalition.

While announcing an increase to welfare rates and firing the president of B.C.

John Horgan made a smart decision on his first full day in office as B.C.'s new premier: put the needs of people fleeing the fires first.

For all the pent-up excitement released at the cabinet swearing-in Tuesday, there was no overlooking how Premier John Horgan handed out some hugely difficult assignments to the first NDP ministers to hold office in 16 years.

Thankfully, Judith Guichon didn't listen. Late in the afternoon on June 29, Premier Christy Clark stopped by the liuetenant-governor's residence in Victoria for a chat.

Because my dad worked for a restaurant chain, we ate a lot of expired food when I was a boy. (It wasn't so bad).

For the past three weeks, we have been talking about the connection between the physical world of the brain and the metaphysical world of the mind.

It is glorious to get up on a beautiful Saturday morning and head out to the Prince George Farmers Market (PGFM).

The new cabinet is the obvious new face of the new government, but beneath that level there is a big churn of personnel that further reflects the change of power.