Opinion

It looks like the government was scorched by the revelations last week about the “Vancouver Drug Users Liberation Front.”

BC United is retreating from one of its predecessor party’s most cherished positions, while the NDP, which once campaigned against the carbon tax, is defending it.

Many, including the Piapot First Nation, are pointing to the fact that she was adopted by Emile Piapot and Clara Starblanket Piapot.

'He is forever going above and beyond the normal expectations of time commitments from an elected official. Perhaps he is even having to spend his own money to promote public awareness of potential solutions for the shortcomings of the SCRD and provincial and federal governments?'

B.C.'s government is racing to be the first jurisdiction globally to require by law that only electric vehicles be sold, writes Kirk LaPointe

'Our daughter worked hard to graduate a year early from Elphinstone Secondary and was excited to choose McGill’s offer from among several across Canada. She applied for a one-year deferral to work, travel and gain life experience. Now, the financial planning we did as a family is meaningless; we can’t afford McGill and other offers have been refused.'

Politicians are optimistic, but proposed legislation may not be practical for most British Columbians.

Opinion: Solutions exist, but they demand a significant transformation of our forest management approach.