Few people leave their homes without paying some attention to how they are dressed. When we choose our clothing suit our personality are we thinking about how we will appear to other road users when we are pedestrians after dark? The right choice of clothing for your next walk at night could be critical! About […]

Once again, tariffs are top of mind for many people across BC. Our government is committed to responding and defending B.C.’s jobs and services. We’re working with a broad coalition of industry experts to strengthen and diversify our economy. This includes our new task force on agriculture and food economy, which is working to create and […]

“He who cannot get enough” Sarah Penton’s Feb. 20 Radio West guest, Kim Haakstad, president, (British Columbia) Council of Forest Industries, promoted increased forest harvesting resulting in ecological destruction and the need to dive deeper into forest practices deregulation without pushback. That is not sustainable: Not sustainable for the CoFI, not sustainable for B.C. forests, […]

Welcome to wet weather season in British Columbia! Some areas are blessed with this situation more often than others, but drivers need to be aware of the perils of wet highways. The well being of you and other road users depend on it. Wet Weather Makes Pavement Slippery Wet pavement alone can increase stopping distances […]

What makes change last? The meaning of historic transformations “We study History in order to intervene in history.” — Adolf von Harnack “History is tangled, messy, contradictory. But is where we are.” — Eamonn Duffy A film about changing times If you have not seen the biopic about Bob Dylan, A Complete Unknown, I recommend […]

Question: Some drivers don’t seem to realize that yield signs require them to do something laments a reader. They zoom right by and force their way into traffic as if the sign wasn’t even there. Don’t they realize that they can’t do this? The Motor Vehicle Act is very definite about what a driver must […]

Black History Month is an opportunity to learn about and celebrate and lift up the diverse contributions of Black people to our province. I would like to highlight this collage that was compiled by Beth Cruise for BC Black History Awareness. It is part of an exhibit that reveals how about 800 Black immigrants helped […]

When I was young there was no such thing as a booster seat. We thought nothing of throwing a mattress in the back of the station wagon, loading up my brother and sisters and heading off on holidays. We would sprawl on that mattress reading comic books or playing games. Sometimes we even fought over […]

While many Canadians continue to struggle to pay for groceries and find a place to live, the federal parliament has been paralyzed for months with filibusters and scandals.  Then, just as the new year began, work in Ottawa came to an official grinding halt as Justin Trudeau prorogued parliament until late March. Many constituents have […]

This week’s correspondence contained a request to explain what pedestrian signals mean. The gentleman who sent me the e-mail expressed the opinion that many people either did not know what pedestrian signals mean or choose to deliberately disobey them. Would I please explain so that they would know what to do. Perhaps we should start […]