Opinion

B.C. Building Trades, not taxpayers, financed my Red Seal training

Union representative responds to Tom Fletcher’s column

• Jun 5, 2019

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

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

• by Tom Fletcher

POLL: Is B.C.’s minimum wage ($13.85 as of June 1) too high?

Question of the week for June 2

• Jun 2, 2019

Looking beyond the invisible symptoms on World MS Day

For World MS Day Canadians should take a moment to think about the invisible symptoms of MS

• May 30, 2019

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

POLL: Are you in favour of politicians voting themselves a pay raise?

Question of the week for May 27

• May 26, 2019

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

Public inquiry staged to point fingers before 2021 election

• by Tom Fletcher

OPINIONS: Without safe injection sites, more opioid users will die

For safe injection sites to work, however, they must be placed in communities where injection drug users live

• by The Canadian Press

OPINION: Liberal environmental contradictions could pave way for Conservative win

Carbon pricing, the Trans Mountain pipeline to be key facets in upcoming election

• by The Canadian Press

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

LETTER: Fletcher ‘blurs reality’ on B.C. union public construction

Bridge, highway projects awarded to companies, not unions

• May 21, 2019

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

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

• by Tom Fletcher

POLL: Would you give medical cannabis to your pet?

Question of the week for May 20

• May 18, 2019

NIWRA: ‘It’s Fawn Season – Leave Them Where They Lie’

It’s about this time of year that fawns begin to arrive, and…

• May 18, 2019

POLL: Would you like to see needle distribution regulated in the PQB area?

Question of the week for May 13

• May 12, 2019

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

NDP labour code sets conditions to push independent unions out

• by Tom Fletcher

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

• by The Canadian Press

POLL: Would you like to see more food trucks in the Parksville Qualicum Beach area?

Question of the week for May 6

• May 6, 2019

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

Caribou protection, forest tenure restriction, increasing stumpage

• by Tom Fletcher

Poll: Has the price of gas curtailed your driving?

Question of the week for April 29

• Apr 30, 2019