Other Voices

CHIEF DAN GEORGE – Oh, Canada, how shall we celebrate with you?

July 1, 2021 // 2 Comments

On July 1, 1967, Chief Dan George spoke during a Canada Day celebration in Vancouver marking our 100th birthday as a nation. A residential school survivor, George had become [Continue]

SUZUKI – For climate’s sake, we must do more to save the peat

June 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

BURNING COAL, oil and gas is causing the world to heat at an unnaturally rapid rate. Destroying forests, wetlands, grasslands and marine ecosystems, which act as “carbon [Continue]

SUZUKI – Sun rises on renewable energy and storage

June 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

ONE LONG-HELD EXCUSE for not getting off oil, gas and coal faster is that energy sources like solar and wind only work when the sun’s shining or the wind’s blowing. Now, [Continue]

POLITICS – Why can’t politicians manage their own press conferences?

May 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ALLAN BONNER Troy Media HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: “… and so stay safe.” (Long pause.) Robotic voice: “Our next caller is Scoop Notepad from the Daily Planet.” [Continue]

Premier’s statement on the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

April 10, 2021 // 0 Comments

Premier John Horgan issued the following statement Friday, April 9, 2021 on the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh: “Today, I join British Columbians to mourn the [Continue]

HEALTH CARE – Untreated non-COVID-19 patients just ‘collateral damage’

March 29, 2021 // 1 Comment

12 months in, our health-care system still can’t provide Canadians with timely care while also dealing with COVID-19 By SUSAN MARTINUK Research Associate Frontier [Continue]

SUZUKI – Food systems are a big part of resolving the climate crisis

March 25, 2021 // 1 Comment

WE ALL HAVE TO EAT. But the ways in which we grow, harvest, process, transport, prepare and consume food are profoundly affecting everything on the planet, from climate to [Continue]

POLITICS – When will Canada stand up to all the bullying from China?

March 22, 2021 // 1 Comment

By ANDREW PICKFORD and JEFFREY COLLINS Macdonald-Laurier Institute LAST WEEK, U.S. President Joe Biden joined his Japanese, Indian, and Australian counterparts at the [Continue]

SUZUKI – Connecting to nature is good for us and the Earth; save a butterfly

March 22, 2021 // 1 Comment

THE LATE URBAN VISIONARY Jane Jacobs wrote, “Perhaps it will be the city that reawakens our understanding and appreciation of nature, in all its teeming, unpredictable [Continue]

O’TOOLE – China’s government is acting with intent to destroy the Uyghurs

February 23, 2021 // 3 Comments

By ERIN O’TOOLE Leader, Conservative Party of Canada MORE THAN A MILLION Uyghur men and women have been detained in a vast network of camps in northwestern China. The [Continue]

SUZUKI – Net zero offers affordable path to climate stability

January 22, 2021 // 1 Comment

ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER RECORD. Even with a global seven per cent drop in fossil fuel burning during the pandemic, 2020 tied 2016 for the hottest year recorded, making the past [Continue]

PANDEMIC – Covid-19 pokes the final hole in leaky long-term care boat

January 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

By SHAWN WHATLEY Past President, Ontario Medical Association NURSING HOMES struggled long before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Canada. Now, during the second wave, many [Continue]

POLITICS – Secret ballot on union certifications must be preserved

January 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

By GREG KYLLO MLA, Shuswap THIS PAST FALL, British Columbians from all corners of our province — myself included — headed to the polls to cast our votes in the provincial [Continue]

POLITICS – Think the danger is past? Wrong; insurrection threat isn’t over

January 8, 2021 // 1 Comment

By JACK L. ROZDILSKY York University, Canada IN A DARK AND SURREAL MOMENT in American history, on the afternoon of Jan. 6, a group of Americans staged a violent protest by [Continue]