Opinion

Many questions remain as the premier pins the energy future on electricity ahead of other options

This is the first of three columns that explore Canadians' relationship with the truth, based on polling from Research Co. and Glacier Media

For seven years, Jody Vance’s world was turned upside down, inside out, scrambled, stalked, shattered and scarred.

Nearly 4,000 people are living in poverty on the Coast, according to Statistics Canada. Nearly 800 of them are children and teenagers: one in five children.  

“Once you become a social worker,” a professor told us in social work school, “you will be one 24 hours/day. For your parents, kids, friends, strangers, colleagues, and clients.”  Social Work Week is when we can stop, reflect, and celebrate our many important roles.

'They’re rolling in obscene profits while they pour more and more fuel on the flames engulfing our world. They defiantly increase production and emissions year after year, and continue to receive billions in public subsidies.'

The B.C. government has embarked on an unprecedented spending spree over the past four months, shovelling billions of dollars of an unexpectedly large budget surplus out the door to community groups, transit organizations and municipalities.

'Move the barricades to the north end of the intersection of Glassford Road and Dogwood Road. This would create a conforming cul-de-sac on Glassford Road from Truman Road south to Dogwood Road resulting in minimal traffic in the area of the local daycare.'