Opinion

Instead of banning high-priced brands, schools are better off focusing on education and community involvement

The two grand political coalitions that have governed this province almost 70 years may well fall apart, or at the very least go through quite a dramatic transformation, if the switch is made to a proportional representation model of electing MLAs.

For the longest time, the discussion around autism has been dominated by the idiotic (and thoroughly debunked) claims that vaccinations were a cause.

Editor: Re: Low turnout on PR bad for democracy, NOW Opinion, Nov.

So, about this referendum. Surely you know by now that we’re being asked to vote on whether we think the province should maintain its current electoral system of First Past the Post (FPTP) or move to a system of proportional representation (PR).

People talk a lot about housing in New Westminster. Indeed, one need spend but a little time anywhere in public to overhear snippets of conversation about the price of houses and the cost of rent.

Imagine your five-year-old child is sitting at a table eating lunch with some classmates when, all of a sudden, another child playfully sneaks up behind and puts their hands on your child’s face, trying to initiate a game of “Guess who?” Now imagine

If less than a quarter of the population support the idea of moving to a proportional representation model for electing the provincial legislature, does that strengthen democracy or weaken it? That’s not a rhetorical question.

The BC Liberals may have been playing “gotcha” when they outed NDP MLA Mabel Elmore for claiming $61 a day in expenses when she was only supposed to be spending $19 a week on food as part of a poverty challenge.

I eat meat. There - I said it. If you are a regular reader of my column, or have attended my cooking classes or shows, this will not be a shock to you.