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OPINION: Why is the B.C. NDP government abandoning pensioners?

OPINION: Why is the B.C. NDP government abandoning pensioners?

Michael Powell is the president of the Canadian Federation of Pensioners
Rickter Scale: The one step forward, two steps back Trump trot

Rickter Scale: The one step forward, two steps back Trump trot

The Rickter Scale is a weekly column
COLUMN: Business owners hand B.C. government another dismal grade, CFIB says

COLUMN: Business owners hand B.C. government another dismal grade, CFIB says

CFIB wants policy makers to take three simple steps in order to improve their grade
B.C. VIEWS: Politicians grasp at straws, avoid climate policy reality

B.C. VIEWS: Politicians grasp at straws, avoid climate policy reality

It doesn’t matter what parties offer in the fall Canadian election
LETTER: Outdated privacy laws don’t protect personal information

LETTER: Outdated privacy laws don’t protect personal information

Canada’s election is just around the corner and I’m concerned that our political parties are not protecting the personal information they gather from us. I believe that they should be made subject to federal privacy laws.
LETTER: Global Fund making a difference

LETTER: Global Fund making a difference

There is growing fear in the development community that after years of advocating full international funding for the Global Fund for Aids, TB and Malaria, the Trudeau Liberals are planning to abandon it. This is deeply concerning because Canada has long been at the bottom of spending of all developed nations on developmental aid.
Rickter Scale: A creep at the wheel

Rickter Scale: A creep at the wheel

The Rickter Scale is a weekly column
LETTERS: Make your life have meaning

LETTERS: Make your life have meaning

Death is not a punishment. Death is something that we are all waiting for.
Rickter Scale: The two cents worth solution

Rickter Scale: The two cents worth solution

The Rickter Scale is a weekly column
LETTER: Bike mayor doesn’t have a grasp on reality

LETTER: Bike mayor doesn’t have a grasp on reality

It seems to me Susan Stokhof, Victoria’s newly appointed bike mayor, does not have a good grasp of safety issues as they relate to this community.