Vaughn Palmer: Kevin Falcon would scrap tunnel plans, pivot back to bridge

Credit to Author: Massey Padgham| Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 02:45:09 +0000

VICTORIA — B.C. Liberal leader Kevin Falcon has revived the debate over the Massey Tunnel replacement, vowing to undo the NDP decision to go with an eight-lane tunnel and return to the Liberal preference for a 10-lane bridge. The reversal of direction is possible, says Falcon, because the New Democrats won’t have started construction before the […]

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Conversations That Matter: Not working together

Credit to Author: Massey Padgham| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:05:25 +0000

Canada and its relationship with its Indigenous people has always been a disgraceful disaster. “From the introduction of the Indian Act to now, one disastrous policy after another has pretended to move us toward reconciliation when in fact they have barely moved the needle,” says Bill  Gallagher, the author of Resource Requiem. “We live under […]

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Douglas Todd: Former Haisla chief would have been a much different B.C. Liberal leader

Credit to Author: Douglas Todd| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:50:27 +0000

Opinion: The contest’s surprising second-place finisher comes from a small First Nation, had parents who attended residential school and struggled mightily as a young adult.

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