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Live Well: Midlife crisis...what crisis?

Live Well: Midlife crisis...what crisis?

Canadian Elliott Jaques first used the term “midlife crisis” to label questions of identity and self-confidence in individuals around 50 years of age.
Les Leyne: Gas probe aims at villains, more than reasons

Les Leyne: Gas probe aims at villains, more than reasons

Premier John Horgan’s gas price inquiry is a move pulled from the playbook of former NDP premier Glen Clark in the 1990s. It didn’t work then — no fault of that inquiry — and it’s an open question whether it will accomplish much now.
This is why B.C. teachers will likely go on strike. Again

This is why B.C. teachers will likely go on strike. Again

Two old issues have emerged to potentially thwart any chance the BC NDP government has of being able to negotiate a new contract with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation without some kind of strike action.
Viewpoint: Families seeing a brighter future thanks to Childcare BC

Viewpoint: Families seeing a brighter future thanks to Childcare BC

It's a story that I've heard repeatedly: a parent, usually a mother, having to give up their career because it makes more sense to stay home than to pay sky-high child care fees.
Editorial: Camping conundrum

Editorial: Camping conundrum

Adding a fee to anything previously free will always result in negativity toward the organization, institution or government deciding to charge for the service.
Cartoon: Campsite fees

Cartoon: Campsite fees

What do you think of this week's editorial cartoon? Have you ever camped south of Powell River at Nanton Lake or Dodd Lake ?
What to do when invasive insects attack your garden

What to do when invasive insects attack your garden

We have lost track of the number of times we have heard, “I lost my ash tree to the Emerald Ash Borer.” Major Canadian cities lost over eight percent of their tree canopy when this invasive insect moved through.
Viewpoint: The heart of childcare

Viewpoint: The heart of childcare

The Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative. The Affordable Child Care Benefit. $10 a day child care. Childcare BC New Spaces Fund.
Letter: Catch and release

Letter: Catch and release

Up and down the coast in numerous blogs, Facebook posts and activist demonstrations outside various offices, there has been an assertive and angry outcry from sport fishers protesting the new chinook salmon regulations to involve, only partly we shou
Les Leyne: No more secrets on who holds property titles

Les Leyne: No more secrets on who holds property titles

The two lengthy reports on how serious B.C.’s money laundering problem is both dwell on the lack of transparency in real estate ownership. But one of the key moves to correct that is already in the works.