233348
232619

Opinion News

BC needs border inspection

BC needs border inspection

Apr 6, 2015 / 3:47 pm

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

Drugs aren't going away

Apr 4, 2015 / 9:00 am

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

Alberta has more than oil

Apr 3, 2015 / 9:00 am

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

Can't afford to waste water

Apr 2, 2015 / 9:00 am

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

Why CO2 is not pollution

Apr 1, 2015 / 5:39 pm

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

Secret ballot not so much

Mar 31, 2015 / 11:59 pm

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

Education still key to jobs

Mar 31, 2015 / 9:00 am

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

Kraft sits at Buffett table

Mar 30, 2015 / 9:55 am

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

Why good food costs more

Mar 26, 2015 / 12:20 pm

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

Money there for transit plan

Mar 26, 2015 / 9:00 am

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

Better world is possible

Mar 25, 2015 / 9:00 am

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?

What to do about turfed AG?

Mar 24, 2015 / 5:15 pm

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

Phone polls are old news

Mar 24, 2015 / 12:06 pm

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

It's already OK to breastfeed

Mar 23, 2015 / 4:40 pm

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

Folly of oil by rail exposed

Mar 23, 2015 / 8:07 am

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

New dialogue in education

Mar 21, 2015 / 10:00 am

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

Don't take water for granted

Mar 20, 2015 / 5:30 pm

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

Mining hit by land claims

Mar 20, 2015 / 9:00 am

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

Site C a costly gamble

Mar 19, 2015 / 9:00 am

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

Transit funding for future

Mar 18, 2015 / 9:00 am

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...

230801
234003
233994
234248