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Comment: Painting a bleak future for Canadian health care

Comment: Painting a bleak future for Canadian health care

The Canadian Institute of Actuaries recently painted a frightening portrait of Canadian health care, with projected costs growing to the point where little money will be left in provincial budgets for anything else — roads, schools, jails.
And now, we return to our regularly scheduled programming: The Tale of the Incredible Shrinking Woma

And now, we return to our regularly scheduled programming: The Tale of the Incredible Shrinking Woma

LACKADAISICAL, busy...whatever, I have not been blogging, but I have been doing things.
Les Leyne: Treaty talks are all about going slow and accomplishing little

Les Leyne: Treaty talks are all about going slow and accomplishing little

B.C. Treaty Commissioners conducted their annual exercise Tuesday in banging their heads against the wall in frustration over minimal progress in negotiations. The commission is the watchdog group that tries to keep the three sides — Canada, B.C.
Harry Sterling: The politics of head covers in two countries

Harry Sterling: The politics of head covers in two countries

The one government says it’s moving forward to emphasize the secular nature of its society and to unify its multicultural population.
Comment: We should celebrate B.C.’s cleaner rivers

Comment: We should celebrate B.C.’s cleaner rivers

British Columbia is often thought of as a province characterized by towering mountains and magnificent ocean views, but throughout its history — from the First Nations who have lived here for millennia to the gold rushes of the 1800s to recreational
The shortest prayer

The shortest prayer

My husband’s aunt prayed every day for our son during his heart surgeries. When she told me, I felt such relief that someone with real knowhow was praying for him.
Comment: Two approaches to public-sector pension reform

Comment: Two approaches to public-sector pension reform

Canada’s pension landscape is continuously evolving, and today B.C. is recognized as a leader in establishing various reforms to minimize its public-sector pension liabilities, reforms other jurisdictions are only just now beginning to implement. B.
Les Leyne: B.C. Liberals would benefit from fall legislature sitting

Les Leyne: B.C. Liberals would benefit from fall legislature sitting

The odd thing about Premier Christy Clark’s decision to forgo a fall legislative sitting is that this is one time being in the legislature would actually work to the government’s advantage.
Geoff Johnson: Curiosity and anxiety greet deputy minister

Geoff Johnson: Curiosity and anxiety greet deputy minister

The appointment of Rob Wood, CEO of Housing Nova Scotia, as deputy minister in the Ministry of Education, arouses a variety of responses from within the system: curiosity, anxiety, optimism or pessimism, depending on whom you ask.
Race day: ready or not

Race day: ready or not

To the uninitiated, the thousands who attempt the Goodlife Fitness Victoria marathon or half marathon must seem crazy, perhaps unhinged by the months of training and too-tight lycra.