Opinion/Letters to the Editor

Debra was flustered. She had taken over a business with the intent of growing it but had come to the realization that increasing the sales might be easier said than done.

Clearly, there is a definite link, a profound bond that is growing between Palestinians and colonialized and oppressed peoples around the world.

We must stop current logging practices, stop the mining, stop expensive oil and gas exploration and stop building pipelines and infrastructure for fossil fuels.

Asked pretty much any question about the present state of politics and it tends to be young adults who are disillusioned by the process.

The most common response (417 respondents, representing 42 per cent) said they feel the pace has been just right.

This summer, in B.C. alone we are sitting at the nexus of several crises: climate change and opioid deaths, burial sites of murdered and then discarded Indigenous children, class war on the houseless, brutal extraction of old growth trees, a truly global pandemic.

I wrote my M.A. thesis at UBC in 2001 about Bishop John Fergus O’Grady, OMI, and the history of Prince George College.

Unfortunately, most organizations leave improvement to chance. They don’t do the work necessary to come up with plans for engaging their team and the leaders are often bearing the burden of trying to develop strategies in their lonely offices.

Many times, we let our job descriptions limit what we are capable of.

Each of us will leave a legacy. Will our descendants be inspired by the good we have done or will they spend their lives trying to heal the wounds we have caused?