PETERS – Province’s mental health strategy ignores seniors
MEDICAL SCIENCE HAS DONE WONDERS to keep us alive longer. As of 2011, Canadian life expectancy was 81.7 years. That means in less than a century, life expectancy increased by [Continue]
Local Voices
BEPPLE – What’s in a name – The ABCs (and Ds) of B.C.’s epic Highway 97
AFTER YEARS OF DRIVING B.C. highways, I can still not tell you which is Highway 97, versus Highway 97A, or 97B, not to mention Highway 97C or 97D. The truth be told, if I’m [Continue]
GINTA – Standing together takes us where we need to go
IT WAS LAST YEAR that I was camping with my family in a paradisiacal spot somewhere on the Shuswap. We were ready for the usual things we do on a camping trip, but because [Continue]
KNOX – Taking a raincheck on the new normal – long, hot summers
“I’LL TAKE A RAINCHECK,” I told the kid at the cash register.That drew a blank stare. “A what?” Ah, I thought, her generation doesn’t write cheques. She [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Closure of the Vavenby mill was so predictable
WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED the collapse of the B.C. forestry industry 15 years ago? Bob Simpson, that’s who. Back then the NDP MLA for Cariboo North was derided by the BC [Continue]
McQUARRIE – Being ‘busy’ is not a badge of honour or proof of importance
HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU HEARD or maybe even used the excuse that begins with, “Sorry I’m late but I’ve just been so busy”? It is today’s most overused excuse [Continue]
