Opinion

To the editor: I have lived on Bowen Island for 25 years. Through my years on-island, I have joined various initiatives working toward the building of a community hall – a dream which has been furthered with each groundswell for almost 30 years.

In 2017 the Bowen Island Community Foundation sponsored its second Vital Conversations event to understand the community’s needs and priorities. These insights guide the foundation’s work for community granting.

Anton van Walraven grapples with the implications of the Wet’suwet’en struggle.

Next month, Canada Post willing, British Columbians will be voting on whether or not to adopt a new way to elect our provincial government.

Dear Editor: To understand why I’m campaigning for proportional representation, let me take you back to when I met my wife. She was born in Saskatoon and I first met her in Creel, Mexico.

Dear Editor: I’d like to respond to some of the common proportional representation criticisms in the media. 1. “I’ll lose my MLA!” This is false.

Looking toward Remembrance Day in a couple of weeks, we’re planning a special edition of the Undercurrent . It will come out November 8, so any submissions must be in by Monday at 5 p.m.

Keeping the A Licence: the Ferry Advisory Committee had their biannual meeting with B.C. Ferries representatives Oct. 25. Chair Susanna Braund reports that B.C.

Today, British Columbians begin to cast the ballots that could change how we elect our provincial leaders. We’ll either keep our current first-past-the-post system or adopt one of three new models of proportional representation. The B.C.

Dear Editor: As the campaigning for the municipal elections starts to heat up, candidates will have to be prepared to address some of the basic issues that will face them in the coming term.