Debra McPherson: If Health Minister Mike de Jong cares, why isn’t he...
It’s ironic that Health Minister Mike de Jong touted his government’s health-care policies in an opinion column in The Province last Tuesday. That was the day the B.C. Health Coalition presented the...
View ArticleThe Shooting of Ginger Goodwin – Part One
Part 1 of 4 At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were few jobs as gritty, dangerous and miserable as coal mining. Men and boys worked in deplorable conditions, sacrificing their health and...
View ArticleThe Shooting of Ginger Goodwin – Part Two
Part 2 of 4 Albert Goodwin was born on May 10, 1887 in Treeton, England, the fourth child of Walter Goodwin, a coalminer, and Mary Ann Brown. With his memorable shock of red hair, his family and...
View ArticleThe Shooting of Ginger Goodwin – Part Three
Part 3 of 4 After the Battle of the Somme in 1916, Canada desperately needed to replenish its supply of soldiers. Very few volunteers stepped forward to replace them. Earlier efforts to recruit in...
View ArticleThe Shooting of Ginger Goodwin – Part Four
Part 4 of 4 Devitt and Roe took one trail, and Campbell another. At 4:30 p.m., Devitt and Roe heard a shot ring out. When the two men caught up with Campbell, they found Goodwin’s lifeless body....
View ArticleGiants d-man Vannieuwenhuizen on prospective junior hockey union: “If there...
Wes Vannieuwenhuizen (No.5) was surprised by union talk. (Province files.) Vancouver Giants players say they hadn’t heard anything about a prospective players union for major junior hockey until links...
View ArticleCUFF THE DUKE: Union (Paper Bag)
The quartet has been aiming toward this, its sixth album, since finding its feet on 2005′s second. It’s a refinement of urban rock (Velvet Underground) meets country (or The Byrds’ interpretation of...
View ArticleTom Sigurdson: B.C. Hydro is adding risk to construction of Site C dam
The $8-billion Site C dam is a taxpayer-funded project like few others. It is our biggest infrastructure project in history, a complex dam with many moving parts and thousands of workers. It must be...
View ArticleThe day after: Which Whitecaps goal was best?
UPDATE: Darren Mattocks’ effort is up for MLS Goal of the Week. The Whitecaps defeated the Union 3-0 on Saturday. You know that. But which of the three goal was your favourite? Let’s recap: The first...
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