Posts by Christina Smethurst
What’s at stake in the B.C. election
The next few years on planet Earth will be some of the toughest ones yet. The people we choose to form government will have world-altering decisions to make, including ...
What is the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission line?
The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission line is a fracked gas pipeline first approved in 2014 by then-premier Christy Clark. Its purpose was to feed an LNG terminal planned for ...
The anti-aging hack no one’s talking about
Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford University in California who’s gained huge popularity for his podcast about physical and mental health. It’s called the Huberman Lab, and it ...
Who is John Rustad?
The new-ish leader of the BC Conservatives is a vocal supporter of working-class people and their personal freedoms, and is critical of the BC NDP government’s spending on social ...
Fight for your right, to party
Last fall, I did something totally unremarkable. I joined the BC NDP. Five years before that, I signed up to be a member of the BC Liberals. I’ve added ...
What if help never comes?
If governments don’t prioritize emergency response, how will community members keep each other safe? I’ve called 911 twice in the last two years. The first time was last spring, ...
Rich corporations are hoarding money, and taking ours too
How many mega yachts will it take to completely topple society? I was at a small gathering recently and overheard someone talking about Jim Pattison — aka “Canada’s Warren ...
COVID-19 feels like a test. Are Canadians ready?
A virus has brought our economy to its knees. What happens when droughts, floods or wildfires add to the chaos? In the face of a pandemic, it’s not surprising ...
Dogwood asked, British Columbians answered
According to thousands of British Columbians, youth activism and Indigenous rights are in, oil companies and Justin Trudeau are out It’s been four years since the first Dogwood supporter ...