Opinion

A healthy job market needs healthy colleges and universities. But after unprecedented resource trauma across the country, many post-secondary institutions are heading for the fiscal emergency room. B.C.

Here’s how Canada’s labour market works these days.

There’s an evolving crisis in school-district funding, yet it rated nary a mention in the recent premiers-in-waiting televised debate.

The B.C. Liberals have parachuted another big political name into Parksville-Qualicum to warn against a potential vote split with the B.C. Conservatives.

Lucky Comox voters will get a chance to try drive-through voting for the first time this election. The Comox district electoral office is located in a former car dealership with drive-through bays.

The pictures of Joe Fresh labels amid the rubble of a collapsed factory complex in Bangladesh have caused many Canadians to think about their place in the global supply chain. As well they should.

People my age shouldn’t be upset by the amount of time our political leaders spend talking about child poverty during this election campaign.

We all know poverty results in suffering and puts innumerable pressures on B.C. families, and that alone should be reason enough to do something about it.

A neighbour’s cat adopted me last year. When she’s bored and I’m home, she visits. She gets a lap to nap on. I get a cat without kitty litter, cat food or hair on everything.

There were few if any overweight kids in my elementary school. There was sometimes blood on the playground but few “hefty” kids, mainly because there was British bulldog before school, soccer at recess and rugby football at lunchtime.