Opinion

We thought we had dodged a recession, but the black swan we feared has appeared. COVID-19 will corrode our political, economic, medical and social systems. Happier times are not imminent. We need not panic, but we need to worry.

Everyone at the legislature was bustling through their busy lives Thursday. Lots of big things going on. Outrage that protesters double-crossed the government and refused to leave the building after being invited for a courtesy meeting.

Until recently, it had never occurred to me that when you are staring down the barrel of an apocalypse, the most important thing you need to do is secure massive quantities of toilet paper.

March 8 is International Women’s Day, when we celebrate the achievements of women in every corner of the world and recommit ourselves to calling out inequality and working together to forge a gender-equal world.

After a weekend of intense negotiations about the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs’ opposition to a natural gas pipeline, Canadians now have their own quid pro quo to argue about. Not a sleazy deal like the one that featured in U.S.

A BC Liberal MLA learned first-hand about the dangers of letting a social conservative philosophy get too close to public policy.

The spread of COVID-19 around the world and the few new cases in Canada and B.C. have created an epidemic of anxiety. Though I have not seen any suspected cases in my office, I have treated many patients with overwhelming anxiety related to the news.

When my 12-year-old daughter wants some spending money, she doesn’t hold out an open palm and ask for cash. Instead, she asks what she can do to earn some money, and when she does, I feel like I’ve done something right as a parent.

A lot of people with relatives in care homes will be hoping the provincial government’s stance in a lawsuit is just tactical wrangling, not health policy. As the B.C.

Editor: Re: Instead of a car-free Columbia, fix 10 th Avenue , Record Letters I totally agree with Betty Gray's suggestion to improve 10th Avenue and turn it into a bypass road.