Editorials

I asked my mom if there is anything about me that has changed from last year to now, and from when I was a child to my twenty-fifth birthday.

Last week is Premier John Horgan’s first appearance at the B.C. Cabinet and First Nations Leaders’ Gathering, an annual event established by former premier Christy Clark.

Like a needy toddler just wanting their soother, after eight full days of radio silence I called my mother at North Beach on Haida Gwaii relieved to hear her greet me with these words, “I survived without you.”

Hello Houstonites. Ann Marie Hak is enjoying a two-week vacation.

Aug. 16 marks my official one year working for the Houston Today newspaper. And I must say, this year has been jam-packed with stories and events that have been a pleasure to cover.

Making the lyrics more inclusive does not reject tradition, but respects it

One of my most embarrassing experiences while living in Victoria B.C. was my landlord yelling at me for not recycling my Nutella jar.

For years, Kinder Morgan worked to “get to yes” on its plan to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline. They met with Indigenous communities, with municipalities, with businesses, with politicians, with NGOs, and with concerned citizens. They saw new governments rise – Rachel Notley in Alberta, Justin Trudeau in Ottawa – and after years of effort, and a 29-month independent review by the National Energy Board, Trans Mountain got its “yes,” subject to 157 environmental and technical conditions.

Who’s the biggest winner in the new NDP government, unions or environmentalists? Both!

On Wednesday July 26, 2017 I sat at my work desk at the Houston Today office making a mental note of all the photos I had to take that day, as well as the route I would need to take to deliver newspapers by bike.