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PETERS – Todd Stone’s path to Liberal leadership might have a few bumps

October 7, 2017 // 1 Comment

TODD STONE will reveal the worst-kept secret in BC politics next Tuesday. He’s banking that everyone remembers the last person to cannonball into the swimming pool, not [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most say they could vote for a party led by a Sikh

October 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE October 6, 2017 – Days after Jagmeet Singh’s decisive first-ballot victory in the contest for NDP leadership, seven-in-ten Canadians are saying [Continue]

AIR POLLUTION – Lessons learned from the summer of 2017

October 6, 2017 // 9 Comments

By MICHAEL D. MEHTA, Ph.D. One of the key lessons learned in recent months as a result of forest fires in the interior of British Columbia is that air pollution levels, and [Continue]

POLITICS – The Canadian multicultural community’s growing political muscle

October 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

By CONSTANTINE PASSARIS Professor of Economics University of New Brunswick THE ELECTION of Jagmeet Singh as the new federal New Democratic Party leader is a game changer for [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Legalization of marijuana will bring ‘profound change’

October 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

An exchange in the Legislature on Oct. 5, 2017 between interim Opposition Leader Rich Coleman and Premier John Horgan on marijuana legislation and regulation of dispensaries: [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Let’s talk about doctors’ pay

October 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

Morneau’s failing is that he announced tax changes in the downtime of summer and faces a storm brewing in the fall. Only now is he consulting provinces DOCTORS HAVE been [Continue]