Opinion

B.C.’s New Democrat government is preparing to announce a major investment in mental health and addictions treatment, including stealing a few ideas from a rival plan by the Opposition BC Liberals.

B.C. government is offering millions of dollars to help companies and workers dealing with the impact of restrictions on old-growth logging.

The B.C. government is having second thoughts about legislation to force its in-house lawyers into a union they didn’t choose, after the move kickstarted an uprising within organized labour.

Twice in my 45 years of roaming our local mountains I have found the remains of weather balloons with radiosonde payloads.

Surprise, surprise: On the issue of health care, even though it’s taking the money, the province doesn’t believe the federal government has provided enough.

Most British Columbians don't foresee the BC Liberals forming government if an election were to happen this year

Landlords are required to pay 1.95 per cent interest on deposits in 2023, under a formula that sets the rate of prime minus 4.5 per cent.

'Sechelt needs to be more receptive to new developers interested in building quality, multi-family accommodation and not create expensive and time-consuming road blocks, which cause them to take the next ferry home. Local developers have similarly been absent these past four or more years with few, if any, multi-family projects having broken ground during this time.'

'The real criminals are those who profit on people with addiction syndrome. By decriminalizing, people can openly seek help, doctors can properly treat them. By decriminalizing, drug dealers lose their customers and go out of business.'

'To be fair, one cannot compare inanimate comfort needs to living, breathing pets with all their idiosyncrasies, which unfortunately may infringe upon other people’s space in shared housing.'