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Skeena Angler | Kitlope Part 3

Skeena Angler | Kitlope Part 3

I’m not happy to learn that our boat has been hanging by…

Skeena Angler | Kitlope Part 3
Premier John Horgan meets with Interfor employees at the company’s Castlegar sawmill, March 23, 2019. (John Boivin/Castlegar News)

B.C. VIEWS: Urban environmental ‘emergency’ routine wearing thin

Forests, killer whales stubbornly defy predictions they are dying

Premier John Horgan meets with Interfor employees at the company’s Castlegar sawmill, March 23, 2019. (John Boivin/Castlegar News)
Kitlope, chapter two

Kitlope, chapter two

Chainsaws, gas cans, fishing tackle, clothes, food, and all manner of camping…

Kitlope, chapter two
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They fought for a world better than this

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Normandy D Day invasion…

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B.C.’s construction industry is now overwhelmingly non-union and open-shop. (Tom Fletcher/Black Press)

B.C. VIEWS: NDP’s construction rebuild showing some big cracks

Highway cost overruns have just begun under U.S. union deal

B.C.’s construction industry is now overwhelmingly non-union and open-shop. (Tom Fletcher/Black Press)
Kitlope Chapter 1

Kitlope Chapter 1

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Kitlope Chapter 1
Richard Truscott is the Vice-President, B.C. and Alberta, Canadian Federation of Independent Business (Submitted).

COLUMN: Does the B.C. government really want to help the tech industry?

BC needs to be wary of challengers within Canada who are increasing their share of the tech sector

  • May 29, 2019
Richard Truscott is the Vice-President, B.C. and Alberta, Canadian Federation of Independent Business (Submitted).
B.C. Attorney General David Eby and former RCMP investigator Peter German deliver portions of report on money laundering at the B.C. legislature, March 7, 2019. (Tom Fletcher/Black Press Media)

B.C. VIEWS: Money-laundering melodrama made for TV

Public inquiry staged to point fingers before 2021 election

B.C. Attorney General David Eby and former RCMP investigator Peter German deliver portions of report on money laundering at the B.C. legislature, March 7, 2019. (Tom Fletcher/Black Press Media)
Sooner or later the snooze fest ends

Sooner or later the snooze fest ends

You know those mornings, the ones when obligations beckon, and you need…

  • May 25, 2019
Sooner or later the snooze fest ends
Board of Education must be held to an explanation

Board of Education must be held to an explanation

The Troubling lack of transparency in principal demotions for which Mr. Robert…

  • May 25, 2019
Board of Education must be held to an explanation
Jock Finlayson, Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer of the Business Council of British Columbia (submitted)

COLUMN: Forestry at the heart of B.C.’s export economy

Jock Finlayson is the exectuive vice president and chief policy officer of the Business Council of BC

  • May 22, 2019
Jock Finlayson, Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer of the Business Council of British Columbia (submitted)
COLUMN: What do I have to be grateful for?

COLUMN: What do I have to be grateful for?

Wellness Matters by Joelle McKiernan

COLUMN: What do I have to be grateful for?
Philippines protesters wear a mock shipping container to symbolize 50 containers filled with waste shipped from Canada two years ago, outside the Canadian embassy near Manila, May 7, 2019. (The Canadian Press)

B.C. VIEWS: Reality of our plastic recycling routine exposed

Turns out dear old China wasn’t doing such a great job

Philippines protesters wear a mock shipping container to symbolize 50 containers filled with waste shipped from Canada two years ago, outside the Canadian embassy near Manila, May 7, 2019. (The Canadian Press)
The elusive sounds of silence

The elusive sounds of silence

It’s truly a pleasure to enjoy an early morning quiet cup of…

  • May 18, 2019
The elusive sounds of silence
B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair (left) and B.C. and Yukon Building Trades Council’s Tom Sigurdson listen as then-premier Christy Clark announces an LNG job training committee, Sept. 10, 2013. (Tom Fletcher/Black Press)

B.C. VIEWS: Welcome to the union ‘battle zone’ for pipeline construction

NDP labour code sets conditions to push independent unions out

B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair (left) and B.C. and Yukon Building Trades Council’s Tom Sigurdson listen as then-premier Christy Clark announces an LNG job training committee, Sept. 10, 2013. (Tom Fletcher/Black Press)
The downside of our corporations

The downside of our corporations

Many human organizations and institutions constitute the working mosaic that is our…

The downside of our corporations
(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Peanut allergies: Research shows ‘oral immunotherapy’ is safe for preschoolers

Child eats small amounts of an allergenic food, dose gradually boosted to target maintenance amount

(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Coastal logging activity is down since the B.C. NDP began implementing its revitalization plan. (Black Press files)

B.C. VIEWS: Forest industry revitalization looks like the opposite

Caribou protection, forest tenure restriction, increasing stumpage

Coastal logging activity is down since the B.C. NDP began implementing its revitalization plan. (Black Press files)
Is charitable giving unethical?

Is charitable giving unethical?

One of the ongoing long-term puzzles in human society is how best…

Is charitable giving unethical?
Members from the Bread of Life Soup Kitchen collect donated meats from Save-On Foods

COLUMN: Food Matters by Margo Peill

Yes, Big Food can achieve zero waste

  • May 4, 2019
Members from the Bread of Life Soup Kitchen collect donated meats from Save-On Foods