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Lawrie McFarlane: Health-care system needs a full reboot

Lawrie McFarlane: Health-care system needs a full reboot

The system has grown so convoluted and overstretched that it literally cannot be managed.
Charla Huber: Residential schools are not a conspiracy theory

Charla Huber: Residential schools are not a conspiracy theory

Each time I write about residential schools, my inbox fills with messages from conspiracy theorists, history deniers and people saying enough is enough
Geoff Johnson: Phasing out letter grades for K-9 a good thing

Geoff Johnson: Phasing out letter grades for K-9 a good thing

It will be up to teachers to explain that the proficiency scale takes into account the fact that learning occurs in different ways for each learner and doesn’t always follow a nice, predictable linear pathway
Trevor Hancock: We need a great turnaround in societal values

Trevor Hancock: We need a great turnaround in societal values

New ethical frameworks for society are needed that reflect values of human solidarity, quality of life and ecological sensibility
Opinion: Transportation paved the way for colonization — it can also support reconciliation

Opinion: Transportation paved the way for colonization — it can also support reconciliation

Transport development paved the way for colonization and is directly linked to the chronic and extreme social inequities Indigenous communities continue to face to this day.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a time of reflection and action

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a time of reflection and action

Andrea Aleck, the Health and Wellness director for səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation), describes what this day means to her
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Orange Shirt Day

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Orange Shirt Day

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Editorial: United States needs renewal of political leadership

Editorial: United States needs renewal of political leadership

While politics south of the border has always been tumultuous, the current state of affairs borders on calamitous.
Letters Sept. 30: Reject pay-parking at CRD parks; train physician assistants in B.C.; we need better ferry service

Letters Sept. 30: Reject pay-parking at CRD parks; train physician assistants in B.C.; we need better ferry service

Comment: Ask primary care providers for ideas to fix the health system

Comment: Ask primary care providers for ideas to fix the health system

In the 1980s there was high-level political contention that there were too many physicians practising in the province.