Opinion

Well, what’s new? B.C. Hydro, in the hole, after years of hundreds of millions in profits. Now the new NDP government is facing the path towards insolvency with ICBC. This is just the beginning.

Union members want to keep what they’ve long fought for and management wants to ensure its enterprise has enough of a cushion to handle future challenges. It’s not a new story. But it’s always an interesting one.

Dear Editor: When I see a grocery store item claiming “now made with REAL MILK,” I kind of wonder what the alternative ingredients were, which the real milk is said to be replacing.

The new B.C.

This may be where the rubber hits the road in the B.C. Legislature – both figuratively and literally. On Monday, Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Greens, said he will reintroduce legislation to enable ridesharing in B.C.

Likely the last report on the big-money era of B.C. politics was released Tuesday, and it shows the major parties are hitting up union and corporate donors right to the end. Elections B.C.

The more that headlines show us the horror of the hate to the south of us, the more we hear folks asking: “What can we do about all of this insanity?” There’s no easy answer to that question, and we won’t pretend to be experts.

The B.C. Liberal Party is still trying to pick itself up off the floor in the wake of a bizarre election loss and the unexpected and sudden departure of their leader.

Dear Editor: Story after story characterizes Trans Mountain expansion approval as based on facts and evidence. However, the source of these appears to be a 2016 National Energy Board recommendation.

Dear Editor: This is going to cost us, make no mistake on that. No matter what we do we’ll end up paying. Part of the question is, ‘What’s it worth?’ Thanks to the B.C.