Opinion

'Actions approved in the budget are happening, staff is always busy when it comes to water, and the SCRD board will have an improved long-term plan to put forward very soon.'

Columnist Keith Baldrey believes takes a closer look at B.C. United's "somewhat absurd" proposal to carve up the electoral map for the next election.

'Twenty percent of British Columbians do not have a family doctor. Those who live on the Sunshine Coast are hit with a double whammy: no doctor and no way to access the Travel Assistance Program for critical health procedures.'

Move aims to protect public from unqualified practitioners and improve accountability

My doctor — let’s call him “George” because that is his real name — provides professional services and expert opinions, such as: “Have you gained weight?” and refers me to specialists who keep me alive

Many of our so-called leaders don’t want to change because they get so much benefit — wealth, power, status — from the way things are

The two parties appear destined to fight, not unite, until the fall election