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Opinion: Health Canada should be transparent about how it's monitoring drug safety

Opinion: Health Canada should be transparent about how it's monitoring drug safety

All new drugs that have never before been sold in Canada in any form, as well as all opioids, require RMPs to help safeguard the public.
Evan Saugstad: Why the mill closures? What could Canfor be thinking?

Evan Saugstad: Why the mill closures? What could Canfor be thinking?

Why isn’t this headline news? Isn’t it important to the people of northeast B.C., and all of B.C., to see such monumental changes to one of our sustaining industries, and that local economies have no public process for input or comment?
Canadians remain divided about medical assistance in dying, poll finds

Canadians remain divided about medical assistance in dying, poll finds

Next month, Canada will mark seven years since the successful passage of Bill C-14, which legalized medical assistance in dying across the country.
Les Leyne: Two provinces, two approaches to opioid crisis

Les Leyne: Two provinces, two approaches to opioid crisis

B.C. is emphasizing harm reduction, which implicitly accepts people will use drugs. Most of Alberta’s emphasis is on recovery.
Opinion: Still not asking for it

Opinion: Still not asking for it

This is the 'Me Too' era, and it’s about time.  
Opinion: Paying too much taxes? Do the math

Opinion: Paying too much taxes? Do the math

A typical family pays $9,000 in total for federal and provincial income taxes. What are they buying for that $9,000?
Rob Shaw: David Eby, eager to please, stymied by 'the speed of government'

Rob Shaw: David Eby, eager to please, stymied by 'the speed of government'

The premier's promises outpace his bureaucracy's ability to deliver
Opinion: Paying too much taxes? Do the math

Opinion: Paying too much taxes? Do the math

A typical family pays $9,000 in total for federal and provincial income taxes. What are they buying for that $9,000?
Comment: A well-intentioned experiment gone bad

Comment: A well-intentioned experiment gone bad

Unfortunately, society has lost sight of the basic principle that you can’t have rights without responsibilities.
LETTER: on FSJ's withdrawal from Resource Municipalities Coalition

LETTER: on FSJ's withdrawal from Resource Municipalities Coalition

Do the strategic pillars actually guide decision-making, or are they just words on a piece of paper?
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