Daphne Bramham: Self-governing pharmacists or government? Who should keep bad health professionals in line?

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:10:29 +0000

OPINION: It took nearly three years to discipline one particular pharmacist who was breaking the rules. Clearly, something isn’t working.

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Vaughn Palmer: Horgan misspoke of B.C. being woke about Pro Rep, and other things

Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 02:25:53 +0000

OPINION: For all the patronizing by Horgan and others, younger British Columbians were neither all that “woke” (politically aware) nor persuaded that Pro Rep was sufficiently “lit” (excellent) to get involved

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Daphne Bramham: Complexity of recovery home rules mixes the good with the bad

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 23:07:09 +0000

B.C.’s rules for addiction recovery houses are so opaque that even one of the largest care providers didn’t know that it needed to register.

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Vaughn Palmer: James defends controversial cash cow, a tax geared to beef up rentals

Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 02:39:33 +0000

OPINION: There was James on Tuesday defending the tax in terms that only a parent could love. One of the main rationales for the tax was as a spur to free up property for the rental housing market. So where are the numbers saying that has actually happened?

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Vaughn Palmer: James' financial forecast calls for a few B.C. clouds, but mostly sun

Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 02:20:47 +0000

OPINION: Council members flagged a number of concerns about the economy for the year ahead. One of the biggest is the emerging economic divide between urban and rural B.C., a long-standing problem exacerbated by the crisis in the forest industry

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