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SUZUKI – Enough ‘blah, blah, blah’ – it’s time for real change on climate issue

November 3, 2021 // 1 Comment

WHAT’S THE BEST WAY to respond to a “code red”? Recent research is testing us on that. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s “Climate Change 2021: The [Continue]

SUZUKI – CBD gummy scam illustrates the need for media literacy

October 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

WOULD YOU BUY cannabis gummies from me? Apparently, hundreds of people would. Only trouble is, I don’t sell them, and I’m not looking for business opportunities. [Continue]

COVID – Canada’s crippled tourism industry must be revived

September 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

The impact of COVID on tourism is more significant than that of 9/11, SARS and the 2008 economic crisis combined By ALEXANDRE MASSAUX Research associate Frontier Centre for [Continue]

POLITICS – Why minority governments have been good, and sometimes bad

September 21, 2021 // 2 Comments

By ALEX MARLAND Memorial University of Newfoundland CANADA HAS ANOTHER MINORITY government. Is this good or bad for Canadian democracy? Mostly good — for now. There’s a [Continue]

STOCKLAND – COVID-19 and the rise of the golden age of stupidity

September 19, 2021 // 2 Comments

The pandemic is making scapegoats of those that only yesterday we called fellow citizens and neighbours AMERICAN WRITER Lance Morrow recently identified our current moment as [Continue]

DIX – Vaccine card gets us one step closer to getting rid of the pandemic

September 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ADRIAN DIX Minister of Health, B.C. OVER THE LAST year and a half of the global pandemic, one thing has become abundantly clear – the COVID-19 virus lives to spread and [Continue]

SUZUKI – Federal election requires serious shift on climate, justice, health

August 24, 2021 // 1 Comment

PROTECTING THE AIR, water, soil, ecosystems and biodiversity that make human life possible shouldn’t be political. It’s become politicized, though. Worse, the debate is [Continue]

COVID – ‘I am sorry for confusion, anger’ over Alberta’s pandemic response

August 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

By Dr. DEENA HINSHAW Chief Medical Health Officer, Alberta I AM SORRY that the way I communicated about the planned changes to our COVID-19 response has caused feelings of [Continue]

RELIGION – Who is to blame for the church burnings across Canada?

July 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

Mainstream media may have lit the fuse, but there were accomplices By DON HUTCHINSON Principal, Ansero Services MAINSTREAM MEDIA lit a fuse, and churches are burning. Nearly [Continue]

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]