DELEGATION Not in My City Paul Brandt, Canadian country music star and founder of Not in My City, presented to Council on the organization’s work to raise awareness and prevent human trafficking and sexual exploitation. The campaign focuses on building partnerships, increasing public awareness, and providing resources to help prevent exploitation in communities across Canada. The […]

How much time do you have to look, decide and then begin turning left in heavy traffic? Do you feel pushed by the drivers behind you into making that decision quickly? If you cannot manage turning left at a busy intersection quickly and confidently, it’s time to wait for certainty or try a different strategy. […]

I recently had the privilege of learning about the Columbia River Field School. I was invited to attend their “Future of the River Symposium”, which was a gathering of the youth, facilitators, and local experts to debrief and share about their experience in the program. The field school is a program hosted by Wildsight, which […]

Locally, we’ve seen people in our community continue to come together to respond to the threats from the U.S. by supporting local, choosing to buy alternatives to U.S. products, and finding new local vacation spots. I continue to be impressed and proud of our community and all British Columbians for the Team Canada response we’re […]

Introduction: contentment and the absence thereof When one spends a significant amount of one’s thinking time on history and its value, as I do, then one might ask whether the study of History is faring well in this age of choice for self-education. My tentative answer to the question, is, “No, the study of History […]

Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been humanity’s companions throughout our evolutionary history. Yet, the greatest parasite of the modern age is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek, glass-fronted and addictive by design. Its host? Every human on Earth with a wifi signal. Far from being benign tools, smartphones parasitise our time, our attention and […]

Most people care about the planet and each other. Yet we watch in dismay as moneyed and powerful forces destroy the natural systems our health and lives depend on. Addressing global heating and biodiversity loss — which affect everyone but disproportionately the marginalized and vulnerable — requires those in government and industry to act with […]

By Jesse Zeman, BCWF Executive Director  The provincial government’s rush to approve mines is essentially stealing from future generations without compensation. That must change. Every non-renewable resource that we pull from the ground is lost to future generations. While pitching widespread mining, powerlines and roads across Northwest BC, the government promised to set aside and […]

It’s never been more important for people in Canada to focus on protecting and restoring life-sustaining nature and advancing social justice. But our governments are instead fueling accelerated industrial expansion and trampling Indigenous rights. It’s dismaying. Governments throughout Canada are showing a renewed zeal for extraction, often accompanied by a failure to uphold Indigenous rights. […]

Arc of the Cognizant As a historian, I study those moments in the past… but I never expected to live through one. I should have… If history is a guide, this will not be an easy or pleasant transition. — Margaret MacMillan, Canadian The topic of today’s Arc is the colonial nature of Canada’s history […]