Opinion

SUZUKI – March for science, march for Earth Day, march for humanity

April 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

SCIENCE ISN’T everything. But it is crucial to governing, decision-making, protecting human health and the environment and resolving questions and challenges around our [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Suppose we hired 200 doctors and paid students’ tuition?

April 18, 2017 // 2 Comments

SUPPOSE, just for a moment, that B.C. decided to hire and pay a salary to doctors willing to locate to communities outside of the Lower Mainland. For sake of argument, [Continue]

POT DEBATE – Here’s the stone cold truth: marijuana clouds reality

April 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

THERE’S SOMETHING quasi quaint about the federal government introducing legislation to legalize marijuana. News reporting on the budding bill has generously employed [Continue]

VIEWPOINT – Was it just a happy coincidence, or meant to happen?

April 17, 2017 // 1 Comment

WE WERE JUST about to turn away from a bus stop in Aberdeen, when we realized that we couldn’t take the bus. My friend and I forgot our student cards — for the first [Continue]

NEWSTROM – Our brain cells are like the sand of the Thompson River

April 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

LAST WEEK the mind topic was my bashed finger (the ring finger on my right hand) and the embarrassing question, did I arrange my own victim situation (18 bloody [Continue]

FORSETH – What happened to ‘scientific evidence’ for legal age on pot?

April 16, 2017 // 5 Comments

AT THE AGE of 18, without parental consent, what legal rights do individuals in British Columbians have? Well it’s pretty minimal. Basically you have the right to vote [Continue]