FORSETH – NDP government’s PR department is working overtime
I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, however it sure seems like the provincial government news department is working overtime this week, churning out release after release … [Continue]
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PETERS – Horgan must explain how election isn’t a cynical power grab
B.C. POLITICS IS HIGHLY STRANGE AND UNUSUAL and never has that been more apparent than right now. We have an official opposition in a minority situation who is begging the [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Excess weight is not a disease
SOCIETY HAS A BIAS against people who weigh more than ‘normal,’ a bias with attached stigma called “fatphobia”. Doctors are not immune. It’s not that doctors are [Continue]
BEPPLE – Shouldn’t homeless people have a place to sit, too?
THERE ARE THINGS we do because of bylaws, and then there are things we do just because they are the right thing to do. We have bylaws for dog licenses, noise, and unsightly [Continue]
GINTA – If we are to see a better future, small steps are no longer enough
IT’S TOUGH TO SINGLE OUT GOOD NEWS these days. It feels like every morning since the new year has started, we are waking up to yet another day of bleak stories of our [Continue]
PETERS- It’s been a great week for the public health system in Canada (really)
IT’S BEEN A GREAT WEEK for the public health system in Canada. No, really. On Thursday, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled against a Vancouver clinic trying to offer wealthy [Continue]
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