Opinion News
BC needs border inspection
The provincial government's recent announcement of $1.3 million to keep invasive quagga and zebra mussels out of B.C. is welcome news. But it's not...
Drugs aren't going away
By Rachel Matthews There is a simple truth about drugs that should make recent U.S. approval of powdered alcohol scary to everyone. That truth is: once you...
Alberta has more than oil
By Joni Avram The year I settled in Calgary, it snowed in July. I thought I’d fallen into a cold version of hell. Adding to my misery, it was the early...
Can't afford to waste water
By David Suzuki How long can you go without water? You could probably survive a few weeks without water for cooking. If you stopped washing, the threat to your...
Why CO2 is not pollution
By Patrick Moore, Frontier Centre for Public Policy When the slight global warming that occurred between 1970 and 2000 came to a virtual standstill, the...
Secret ballot not so much
By Dermod Travis, IntegrityBC Hear the one about four political parties that walked into a Vancouver hotel with the Chief Electoral Officer last September?...
Education still key to jobs
By Jock Finlayson, Business Council of British Columbia It is almost one year since the B.C. government unveiled details of its plan to re-engineer the...
Kraft sits at Buffett table
By Sylvain Charlebois Last week, Warren’s Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway added Kraft to its stable of storied brands, which already includes Dairy...
Why good food costs more
An open letter from 19 Okanagan Grill + Bar owner/operator Neil Martens Dear customers, It’s 3 a.m. I am awake and pondering the best way of responding to...
Money there for transit plan
By Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre, The Fraser Institute Over the next two months, Metro Vancouver residents will decide whether they want to pay $250 million...
Better world is possible
By David Suzuki Cars, air travel, space exploration, television, nuclear power, high-speed computers, telephones, organ transplants, prosthetic body...
What to do about turfed AG?
The BC Liberals did the right thing on Monday when they turfed Basia Ruta. Now, they need to follow up and fold the local auditor general's office into that...
Phone polls are old news
By Angus Reid I read with great interest the recent Canadian Press story A voter’s guide to political polling in this 2015 federal election year,...
It's already OK to breastfeed
Do we really need to spend government money – your tax dollars – on telling mothers it’s OK to breastfeed their babies? This tempest in a...
Folly of oil by rail exposed
By Kenneth P. Green, Fraser Institute Four recent oil-train derailments—two in the United States and two in Canada accompanied by yet another drive-by...
New dialogue in education
Adam Olsen, BC Green Party interim leader On the heels of last year’s teacher strike, B.C.’s public education system continues to be polarized and...
Don't take water for granted
Canadians are lucky to have an abundance of fresh water. But most of us take it for granted. This week is Canada Water Week, culminating in World Water Day on...
Mining hit by land claims
By Ravina Bains and Taylor Jackson, The Fraser Institute The mining industry contributes mightily to Canada's economic prosperity, adding $54 billion to...
Site C a costly gamble
By Emma Gilchrist, DeSmog Canada With a price tag of $8.8 billion, the construction of the Site C dam would entail the largest outlay of taxpayer money in B.C....
Transit funding for future
By David Suzuki Many people think of Canada as a landscape of forests, mountains, water and ice, but the Canadian experience is fast becoming focused on glass...