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Feature – B.C. farmland looks like a good investment in the face of drought...
In waterlogged B.C., particularly in spring, international headlines about drought and food shortages seem far-fetched and far away. But to real estate appraiser Rudy Nielsen, a man who makes his...
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Letter of the Week: Teacher contracts in other provinces show BCTF is out of...
As of today, the governments in the provinces of B.C., Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island are negotiating new contracts with teachers. No signed contracts are in force....
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Gwyn Morgan: Public investment in skills training pays big returns
Increasing the supply of skilled tradespeople has rapidly become Canada’s most critical educational need, yet barriers to training remain virtually unchanged. Applicants often face long waiting lists...
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Mark Milke: Want a middle class? Copy Alberta’s policies
CALGARY — There has been much handwringing over the claimed disappearance of the middle class. From a bestselling international tome to domestic tax-and-spend types who think higher taxes will create...
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Mitchell has Lions mulling options
Khalif Mitchell has been limited through the first two days of the practice week but Lions coach Mike Benevides is unconcerned (Files) There was an assumed element of risk when the Lions decided they...
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Letters: Whales, aquarium, TransLink consultant, teachers, same-sex parents,...
Free the whales Marine mammals are intelligent, inquisitive animals and they don’t deserve to live in tiny tanks that thwart their most basic instincts. I’m sure that researchers at the Vancouver...
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News- Updated animal health codes in the works for chickens and turkeys
Updated animal health codes are coming for chickens and turkeys. Find a press release from the BC SPCA below. * Canada’s standards for farm animals are set to take another significant step forward...
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News – Saskatchewan farm family investigated for using child labour – their...
A Saskatchewan farm family is making headlines after someone complained they were employing minors – their own children – in their small poultry processing plant, leading provincial Occupational Health...
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Three Down Territory: Brown delivers, Glenn has to start, and Iannuzzi’s...
Tim Brown’s work on special teams was the difference in a defensive struggle that the Lions broke open in the fourth quarter on the way to a 33-17 win over Toronto that was much closer than the final...
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Province Sports Radio: Bye-week Fifth Quarter
Guaranteed win…but what about guaranteed excitement? The irony of the Lions losing 20-16 to Saskatchewan on Sunday is that there wasn’t as much excitement as there could have been – wins are better,...
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Editorial: Site C approval is fantastic for B.C.
The $7.9-billion Site C hydroelectric dam project received federal and provincial environmental approval Tuesday and almost immediately opponents began banging out emails and tweets denouncing the...
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Gordienko, Hunt, Cochrane and Sigurdson: Environmentalists get facts wrong...
“I look at it from the perspective of the importance of coal…..in terms of employment, it’s huge here but I would remind city folk that it provides employment also for people in the Greater Vancouver...
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From the Couch: Lions still have lots to do
Ernest Jackson, who went airborne to score a key Lions touchdown Saturday, is odd man out no longer (CP) Brian Wawryshyn, who runs the unofficial fan blog BCLionsDen.ca and hosts a weekly...
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Dr. Ryan Meili: Private MRI clinics do not shorten wait times
SASKATOON, Sask. — This past week, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall took to Twitter to ask the question: “Is it time to allow people to pay for their own private MRIs in Saskatchewan like they can do in...
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Letters: Vision housing, angry residents, traffic, consultation,...
Shelters cause havoc The City of Vancouver and Mayor Gregor Robertson continue to put large homeless shelters filled with the mentally ill and drug-addicted into neighbourhoods they have never lived in...
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Rugby club puts on apparel fundraiser in memory of Chantal MacLean
The Dog River Howlers, the Saskatchewan-based invitational rugby club, have put together an apparel campaign to raise charitable funds in memory of Chantal MacLean, the Delta teenager who died in a car...
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Canucks Hat Trick: Trader Jim knows his Pedan, scouting issues and a twin target
There is something delightfully old school about Jim Benning that makes you want to root for his success as a general manager. He’s a hockey guy pure and simple. He eats and breathes the game and...
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Unhappy customers spring snake attack inside Tim Hortons
Two 20-year-olds are facing charges of mischief after an argument over a sandwich order at a Saskatoon Tim Hortons resulted in a live snake being thrown at an employee. Sounds like a low-budget reality...
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UBC Thunderbirds sweep all foes during perfect Canada West conference weekend
VANCOUVER — The UBC Thunderbirds completed a clean-sweep Canada West weekend. From men’s and women’s basketball in Lethbridge, to men’s hockey in Calgary and women’s hockey in Vancouver, the ‘Birds...
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Gordzilla in the City: Latest Paris fashion may be sign of the end times
My late stepfather, Don Mathie, whose stories of growing up during the Depression in Rocanville, Sask., could have been written by W.O. Mitchell, liked to tell one about a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses...
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