Opinion: There are real steps policy makers can take to increase the time seniors are in good health, can live independently on their own, engage in social relationships and contribute to society
John Muscedere: With the right strategies, aging does not have to be synonymous with illness and frailty
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Opinion: ‘Budget the benefit,’ say disability groups to Canada's finance minister
Opinion: Canada Disability Benefit, promised in 2020, is essential now as persons with disability live in deep poverty in the face of rising costs.
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Heather Lynch: Early intervention helps keep young people from the lure of gangs
Opinion: We must strengthen the resiliency of children, youth, and their families, starting with children as young as five years old
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Dr. Joanna Cheek: Stigma is scaring people away from talking about mental health
Opinion: A publicly funded B.C. program can help at a time when Canadians name counselling as their highest mental-health care need — yet it's the need least likely to be met.
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Sameer Elsayed: Fall COVID update: Will there be a new surge?
Opinion: A spike in hospitalizations and deaths from COVID is likely to occur this fall and winter
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Graham Anderson: Heat Pumps are taking off in B.C., but many households can't afford the switch
Opinion: It is time for the province to dramatically ratchet up its support for households that can't pay thousands of dollars upfront for a heat pump.
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Jan Gorski: B.C. is headed in the right direction on advancing clean energy projects
Opinion: But the B.C. government will face intense pressure to reverse decisions that prioritize investments in growing a clean energy economy and instead allocate electricity to expanding LNG production.
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Tiara Letourneau: To keep Canadian businesses in local hands, we need clear employee ownership trust legislation
Opinion: The proposed Canadian legislation makes it possible for employees to become owners, but the U.S. and UK legislation actively encourages it offering tax incentives for owners who sell to their employees
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Douglas Clark: How people act during an encounter with a bear affects how the conflict turns out
Opinion: Climate change can have unexpected and indirect effects on human-wildlife interactions.
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Comment: Driving at work is dangerous. We can make it safer
Opinion: Work-related crashes are the leading cause of traumatic workplace death in B.C.
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