Other Voices

SHELTER – Can federal budget’s $11 billion end homelessness in Canada?

April 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

By JINO DISTASIO Expert Adviser EvidenceNetwork.ca WE’VE GROWN accustomed to seeing homeless people walk among us in countless North American cities. They’re often in [Continue]

MEDIA – Community newspapers feel the pressure of staffing shortages

April 16, 2017 // 2 Comments

Editor’s note: The names of the editors quoted below have been changed and their publications not identified in order to protect them. By JOHN STEWART Troy Media LOCAL [Continue]

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]

ENVIRONMENT – What’s changed on the ground since the Mount Polley mine disaster?

April 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

Not enough, say critics, who call for a judicial inquiry into the state of mining regulation in BC. By CHRISTOPHER POLLON | TheTyee.ca Christopher Pollon is a Tyee [Continue]

BUSINESS – Canada’s greatly over-hyped clean-technology revolution

April 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

By JOCK FINLAYSON Executive vice-president Business Council of British Columbia THERE’S NO EVIDENCE that “clean-tech” innovation is about to reshape Canada’s [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]