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The use of digital tools has grown exponentially during COVID-19

The use of digital tools has grown exponentially during COVID-19

In 2005, the World Health Assembly urged member states “to consider drawing up a long-term strategic plan for developing and implementing eHealth services … to promote equitable, affordable and universal access to their benefits.
NDP election promises come with hefty hidden price tags

NDP election promises come with hefty hidden price tags

Sometimes, you just have to slap your head and wonder why you didn’t think of something sooner. Happens to everyone, too. The BC NDP, for example, has been navigating the province through the pandemic and instituting a range of relief measures.
Editorial: Better data, better mobility decisions

Editorial: Better data, better mobility decisions

New urban mobility options, we have plenty of; informed assessments of which are optimum options, we don’t have enough of.
Concern rising in Canada and the United States over opioid crisis

Concern rising in Canada and the United States over opioid crisis

The ramifications of the use of prescription and non-prescription opioid drugs have devastated North America for the past few years.
Wilkinson’s tax reform gambit a welcome pitch for B.C. consumers

Wilkinson’s tax reform gambit a welcome pitch for B.C. consumers

Depending on our stations in life, everyone has a bias on how fairly taxes are devised and applied. No one loves them, but we hate them to varying degrees.
Mail-in ballots deliver challenges to B.C. voters

Mail-in ballots deliver challenges to B.C. voters

The first few days of the provincial electoral campaign in British Columbia have had a decidedly different look and feel than the ones of previous democratic processes.
Insights on the best ways to leave that toxic workplace behind

Insights on the best ways to leave that toxic workplace behind

I have encountered – and overcome – a number of significant obstacles in my career thus far, and in writing this, I endeavour to help others along in their professional journeys. What follows are five pieces of advice on leaving a toxic workplace. 1.
U.S. voters are the losers in Biden-Trump debate

U.S. voters are the losers in Biden-Trump debate

“Will you just shut up, man?” “It’s hard to get a word in with this clown.” “Keep yapping, man.
Indigenomics and the vital role of Indigenous women in business

Indigenomics and the vital role of Indigenous women in business

I was 14 years old when I got my first job. It was selling T-shirts at a native art gallery for $5 an hour in the small town I grew up in.
Pandemic the overriding wild card for all parties in election 2020

Pandemic the overriding wild card for all parties in election 2020

British Columbians are participating in an electoral campaign like no other.