Opinion

It’s time to talk about what a healthy community looks like. We don’t often talk of community health as being part of a police department’s job. But the truth is that a community that is safe and vibrant is a community that is healthy.

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A two-metre-long leatherback turtle floats gracefully by, gorging on jellyfish. It’s critically endangered, in part by the ingestion of plastic bags, especially along the west coast of North America.

The recent and regular exposure of abuses against workers, primarily in lower skilled jobs, doesn’t mean that the Temporary Foreign Worker program is taking jobs away from Canadians.

Like everyone on the planet who uses Facebook, I have a love/hate relationship with the site. On one hand, it’s a great way to keep in touch with people.

The decision by the B.C. Labour Relations Board to uphold the government decision to lock out teachers and dock their pay clarifies several issues.

Due deference and full respect to Steve Howell for his 30-year career in the youth-justice system. He ran the old custody centre on Pembroke Street until retirement.

The B.C. school system is in trouble. Many people recognize the problem, but won’t talk about it. I think it’s time to get it out in the open and propose a solution. Here’s my attempt. First, the problem. It’s not money.

As a former director of the Victoria Youth Custody Centre (when it was on Pembroke Street), I have followed the debate about the closure of the current centre with both interest and distress.

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