Opinion

'Now is the time to consider seniors cooperative housing, community care delivery and expanding this model to LTC. We at Sunshine Coast Alliance for Seniors’ Care Co-op (SCASCC) are lobbying for a pilot co-op LTC care facility to be built and operated in the Coast.  Our vision includes residents, families, caregivers, community and Indigenous partners to have a voice at the boardroom table on the daily operational decisions of LTC service delivery.'

'I happened to glance at the wedding magazine in the paper on Friday. I couldn’t believe my eyes! Skinny white women and trim white men in traditional wedding wear. No Black people, or brown people. No people with disabilities.'

'In our community, I have noticed that harm reduction strategies are often at odds with peer recovery programs, which can create a void for those who seek help to get clean.'

As the drama over alleged Chinese interference in Canadian elections plays out in Ottawa, the B.C. government introduced its own bill this week to try and tackle the rise of election disinformation.

The past few days have provided more opportunities for speculation about an early federal election in Canada. Topics such as foreign interference and the type of people who some of our members of Parliament choose to meet dominated the airwaves.

'Mayor Henderson’s low-cost proposal to just retest the Dusty Road Well to reconfirm the quality, is based on science and facts, not fantasies. The same thing cannot be said for the opposition to this endeavour.'

Prosecution Service said although there was a possible path to prosecution, there was no substantial likelihood of conviction

In some countries, the initial public reaction to creeping inflation is to scrutinize the salary of politicians.

Is this the 12-month agenda to revitalize a New Democrat government at real risk of stagnating after six years in power?