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Melanie Mark: Provincial tuition waiver program helps young people formerly in government care

The minister of advanced education is celebrating the anniversary of what she calls one of her government's proudest and most life-changing moments.

Paul Ratchford: The B.C. "school tax" is, in reality, a failed land-value tax experiment

There's been little examination of the moral underpinnings of taxation during the noisy debate over a controversial property surtax imposed by Finance Minister Carole James.

Zander Chila: Flying rivers, rain forests, and wildfires

We need a better understanding of water, the role of B.C.’s rain forests, and the risks in clearcutting some of our last ancient trees.

David Chen: Burning the fields before the election

By mass upzoning most of Vancouver, this takes away the financial risk to developers to create high-density housing and it will sacrifice huge amounts of developer fees needed to...

M-J Milloy: Can cannabis help with opioid addiction? Let the evidence—not police—decide

By selling cannabis at below-market rates to low-income substance users, the High Hopes Foundation seeks to help people at risk of overdose access cannabis to use as a substitute...

Anne Kang: Postsecondary students are finally getting the help they deserve

The NDP MLA for Burnaby-Deer Lake says that in order to build the best B.C., we must invest in students and the communities that they live in.

Jaushieh Joseph Wu: Taiwan can help United Nations achieve its global goals

The country's foreign affairs minister doesn't agree with the UN's ban on Taiwanese journalists covering its meetings and activities.

Taylor Simone: Fairview rezoning threatens live music venue, and at what benefit for patients and their families?

The daughter of one of the Fairview Pub's bartenders laments the possible loss of a local landmark.

Scott Elliott: The Dr. Peter Centre puts stigma on the table for conversation

It isn’t always visible, but it is traumatic and affects us in our work, families, and relationships.

Rhiannon Bennett, Andrea Hilder, and Mita Naidu: the Delta school board needs Delta Voices

Three professional women, all mothers, are running together in this fall's municipal elections to change the Delta school board.