Opinion

MacFADYEN – New Zealand legislation gives river legal status as a ‘person’

April 15, 2017 // 1 Comment

A RIVER in New Zealand has been given legal personhood status and will have the same rights as a human being. It’s the first time in the world that a river has been legally [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – From coffee cups to bombs, we’re obsessed with big

April 15, 2017 // 3 Comments

Big is so important to us that we can’t even bring ourselves to use the word ‘small’ I WAS OUT and about one morning this week when I felt a need for [Continue]

TRAVIS – Report shows missed opportunities by Liberal government

April 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD once wrote: “Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.” It’s the missed opportunities over the 2012 healthy ministry [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Poll shows that Canadians keep the faith to varying degrees, but few reject it entirely

April 13, 2017 // 1 Comment

Latest from the Angus Reid Institute, released today (April 13, 2017): As Christians around the world prepare for Easter, Hindus and Sikhs for Vaisakhi, and Jews for the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Opioid use rises despite crisis; feels like 1908 again

April 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

AM I THE ONLY ONE not surprised that the opioid crisis has worsened? Despite the widespread distribution of naloxone kits to save lives from fentanyl overdose. Despite [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Horgan would ding the Interior to remove bridge tolls at Coast

April 13, 2017 // 6 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I CAN REMEMBER the last time I drove across the Golden Ears Bridge. It was a couple of years ago. It was actually the first [Continue]