Opinion/Letters to the Editor

Western business mentality and, by extension, collective society, allowed the well-being of our oldest family members to be decided by corporate profit-margin measures.

In his recent oped “Opinion: Principled acts take courage,” Gerry Chidiac lauds the actions last month by workers at the Port of Prince Rupert, who refused to unload the cargo of a ship belonging to an Israeli company.

If we replaced the religious word "sin," with the non-religious word "behavior," it would keep us grounded.

Just like any human institution, religions are in a constant state of evolution.  Just like any human being, religious leaders make mistakes.

Current operational centres in our community are struggling to staff programs, many running on multiple exceptions just to make the staff/child ratio work.

With each passing year, more and more people, in B.C. and around the world are anxious about what future summers have in store.

The interest payments on British Columbia’s provincial debt this year could pay the salaries of 4,600 new paramedics for ten years. But, instead of paying for first responders or providing tax relief to families, a whopping $2.

In politics, workplaces, everyday conversation with acquaintances and even friends, not saying what we actually believe is too common. It can be seen as kind, polite, or that dreadful word, nice.

The most common response (417 respondents, representing 42 per cent) said to demolish it and sell the land to pay for a new arts centre.

This memory of my grandmother’s joy for women achieving great accomplishments returned recently when RoseAnne Archibald from the Taykwa Tagamou Nation claimed victory as the National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations.