Commentary

The United Nations is observing International Women’s Day this Friday. This year also marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, a global policy framework introduced to advance gender equality around the world.

Much as many of us are gripped with distress about the playoff prospects of the Vancouver Canucks, my main anxieties about our city’s sports franchises concern the businesses of the footballers.

In January we published our State of the North economic report, an annual exercise that makes this journalist turned public-sector CEO’s palms sweat because I’m never quite sure what the political fallout might be.

Is B.C. recession ready? The answer from the political spin cycle accompanying the provincial government’s A Stronger BC, for Everyone budget is a self-assured yes.

While Canada has not executed a person convicted of murder since 1962, discussions about the death penalty have never gone away.

We haven’t asked our first ministers to put on the Big Boy Pants for some time. They’ve been able to be children. Now it is time.

It’s going to cost British Columbians more to fill their fridges, heat their homes and watch their favourite shows. The government is also hiking the income taxes.

A commentary by the MLA for Skeena, a former chief councillor of the Haisla Nation.

Quick quiz: What is the most common excuse for arriving late locally? Answer: I had to take the bridge.

Poll reveals generation gap in embrace of eating trends