Other Voices

EDUCATION – Why letter grades matter so much in the education system

April 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

By ROBERT PRICE APRIL’S a wet month. Showers soak the soil, stirring dull roots, and exams dampen college campuses. For faculty, spring won’t start until every essay [Continue]

BATEMAN – Mayors totally oblivious to taxpayers’ woes while they spend

April 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

ANOTHER WEEK, another weak attempt by the Lower Mainland mayors to pin all the region’s problems on the provincial government. Fastballs of problems are flung fast and [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians disjointed on pot plan: Most support it, but think it will fail in its key goals

April 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Two-in-three say the proposed law will fail to stop kids from using more pot once it’s legal The Angus Reid Institute reports on what Canadians think of the marijuana [Continue]

TAUBE – Scott Gilmore (who?) and his crusade to save conservatism

April 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

A CONSERVATIVE PARTY member recently said he was fed up with the direction of various federal leadership candidates. He wants to lead a discussion about Canadian [Continue]

KINSELLA – Fess up to your mistakes, laugh at yourself, then move on

April 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

WHITE HOUSE press secretary Sean Spicer standing at the door to a United Airlines plane, sipping a Pepsi. If a picture is worth a thousand words, and it assuredly is, then [Continue]

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]