End of a state of no very “righteous” origin “Today people can hardly imagine their social environment without a state. The irony of history is that despite the rise and the fall of ideologies rejecting the state or trying to limit it (anarchism, liberalism, libertarianism, communism), the state has gradually become stronger, particularly in the […]

By Melanie Mercier What We Save, Saves Us: An Upcycled Ode to the Inland Temperate Rainforest Built from materials diverted from the waste stream and shaped through a collaboration between a local artist and École des Sept‑Sommets students, this Earth Week installation invites Rossland residents and neighbouring communities to honour the species, stories, and fragile brilliance […]

The sooner the world moves on from coal, oil and gas power, the better off we’ll all be. Climate and pollution impacts will be reduced, as will energy price and supply volatility, the wealth gap and global conflict. “But we can’t get off fossil fuels overnight,” people have been saying for at least the past […]

The Legislative Assembly’s Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services wants to hear from British Columbians during its upcoming consultation on Budget 2027.The Committee is accepting registration for public hearings until April 10 at 2 p.m. (Pacific). To participate and for details on the consultation, visit la-bc.ca/consultations or contact the Parliamentary Committees Office by email at FinanceCommittee@leg.bc.ca or […]

 “We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of daycare. You can’t do it… We have to take care of one thing: military protection.”   —  President D. J. Trump, USA “It takes money to kill bad guys.”    — Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of War “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back […]

Rachel Carson’s 1962 book Silent Spring should have been a wakeup call to the world. It opened my eyes — and it’s a big part of the reason I started questioning my career in genetics and decided to devote my life to environmental causes. It exposed the limitations of reductionist Western science and showed how […]

“Haven’t you got anything better to do?” This was a common attitude expressed by drivers after being told that they had been stopped for a traffic rule infraction. “Why aren’t you out catching real criminals?” I’m not sure these drivers believed me when I told them that they were more likely to suffer financial loss, […]

There are moments when the toxic drug crisis becomes painfully real. A phone call in the middle of the night. A memorial growing on along the side of the Columbia River. A name spoken quietly among colleagues because another person didn’t make it. For many people in British Columbia, these moments are no longer rare. […]

It has become a habit to check the gas price every time I leave the neighbourhood. I would not have imagined that I would be seeing prices over $2.00 per litre a few months ago. Since I don’t yet own an electric vehicle, I choose ecodriving techniques to save money and realize that my choice […]

By Jaigris Hodson, Brianna I. Wiens, Nick Ruest, and Shana MacDonald Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, head of Canada’s official opposition, recently became the first Canadian political leader to appear on the controversial Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Poilievre had been asked to sit for an interview with Rogan amid the federal election campaign in April 2025, […]