Eye on BC Archives

B.C. needs to pull out of its debt spiral

by Kris Sims | Jul 21, 2021 | Business, Eye on BC, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

KRIS SIMS: A report released by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation shows that B.C.’s debt will be $102.9 billion by the end of this year (FREE)

Damned if you do: the thorny decision to remove hydro dams

by Roslyn Kunin | Jul 21, 2021 | Business, Environment, Eye on BC, Life, Politics/Law, PREMIUM content | 0

ROSLYN KUNIN: Dealing with only one side of an issue – whether it’s migrating fish or electric cars – can generate more problems than it solves (PREMIUM)

A civil libertarian who is neither civil nor libertarian

by Michael Taube | Jul 6, 2021 | Eye on BC, Life, Politics/Law, PREMIUM content | 0

MICHAEL TAUBE: British Columbia Civil Liberties Association director Harsha Walia reacted to the burning of churches by tweeting ‘Burn it all down’ (PREMIUM)

Cheap talk and unsubstantiated claims hamper reconciliation

by Marco Navarro-Genie | Jun 30, 2021 | Eye on BC, Eye on SK, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

MARCO NAVARRO-GENIE: Reconciling requires forgiveness. Presenting monstrous untruths as facts obfuscates reason and inflames anger that impairs forgiveness (FREE)

Prairie provinces debt levels a ticking time bomb

by Alexandre Massaux | Jun 24, 2021 | Business, Eye on Alberta, Eye on BC, Eye on SK, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

ALEXANDRE MASSAUX: If politicians don’t take this subject seriously, it will be a time bomb paid for by today’s young and future generations (FREE)

ConnecTour Chronicles: An artistic treasure trove in a former biker bar

by Doug Firby | Jun 23, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on BC, FREE content, Get outside, Life, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 7 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: By the door is an original painting by renowned Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau, one of dozens of pieces in Wilking’s collection (FREE)

B.C. politicians using taxpayer money to get elected

by Kris Sims | Jun 21, 2021 | Eye on BC, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

KRIS SIMS: If cheating taxpayers out of their money were a card game, politicians would beat the house every time (FREE)

ConnectTour Chronicles: Highlights, lowlights and lessons learned so far

by Travel Like This | Jun 21, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on BC, FREE content, Get outside, Life, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 6 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: Learn to take it one pedal stroke at a time. And even though that hill can look intimidating, just get into the zone and take it slow (FREE)

ConnecTour Chronicles: Content to live with old mining town’s ghosts

by Doug Firby | Jun 15, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on BC, FREE content, Get outside, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 5 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: Some of our group chose to sleep outside in tents rather than risk the ire of these troubled spirits. Two brave souls slept inside (FREE)

ConnecTour Chronicles: A brush with heat stroke and then hypothermia

by Doug Firby | Jun 10, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on BC, FREE content, Get outside, Travel | 0

This is part 4 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CONNECTOUR CHRONICLES: Transport trucks, cars and four-by-fours roared by us, some so close we were showered in road spray and rocked by the wind gusts (FREE)

Let’s leave residential school tragedies in the past

by Brian Giesbrecht | Jun 8, 2021 | Eye on BC, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

BRIAN GIESBRECHT: The dead should be appropriately honoured. But some opportunists will exploit these dead children for financial and political gain (FREE)