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The breast is yet to come
When you’re healthy, it’s easy to not think about it and take wellness for granted. And then, just like that, your whole world can change and thoughts of your health can become all-consuming. That’s...
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Letters: Murder-suicide, autism, trucker, skydiver, insurance, humpback...
Families first? Regarding the tragic murder-suicide of a single mother and her autistic son, this can only be called a total system failure on the part of the provincial government, which slashed...
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Nadeem Esmail: Dutch show that fear of private health care is wrong
Those opposed to market-based health care reform do their best to scare Canadians, suggesting that the introduction of private competition will lead to longer wait times, higher costs and poorer...
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Editorial: ICBC should make distracted drivers pay
ICBC has announced that it will seek the approval of the B.C. Utilities Commission to increase basic auto insurance premiums, in part because of a huge increase in injury claims resulting from...
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Dr. Paul Allison: Dental care should be available to everyone
There are many reasons why some Canadians choose not to go to the dentist but a new report by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences found that cost is a major factor — and that Canada’s most...
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Travel Tips: Booking All Inclusive for All Kinds of Travellers
Tis the season for getaways to sunny beaches around the world. Close to thirty percent of travellers in Canada will choose all inclusive packages this winter. Couples, singles, groups, families and...
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Wayne Moriarty: A hit and run during rush hour on Cambie requires a certain moxy
My car was on the wrong end of a hit-and-run last week. Indulge me, as I share a few observations. The timing of it all made the notion of a hit and run seem rather unlikely. It was Cambie and 7th. It...
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Look to broker to assist with insurance needs
Dear Tony: We live in a 110-unit bare-land strata in the Okanagan Valley. Our recent building appraisal increased our property valuation by over 500 per cent because the in-ground systems of water,...
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Wayne Moriarty: When fireworks fun goes terribly wrong
I’ve long been fascinated by pop-up fireworks shops — how they come and go so stealthily, for example. They’re like grasshoppers on the Prairies. One day they aren’t there. The next day there’s an...
View ArticleMike Smyth: Plenty of finger pointing over ICBC ‘dumpster fire’
British Columbia’s public auto insurer has become a “financial dumpster fire” that will burn through a shocking $1.3 billion in losses during the current fiscal year. That was the grim news confirmed...
View ArticleMike Smyth: Can Eby fix the mess at ICBC?
Listening to Attorney General David Eby describe it, bringing in caps on court awards paid to people who suffer “minor injuries” in auto collisions is actually a good thing for car-crash victims....
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Tony Gioventu is executive director of the Condominium Home Owners Association. Email tony@choa.bc.ca Read More
View ArticleMike Smyth: Clutch battle over private auto insurance shifting gears
As auto-insurance rates continue to rise, and B.C. drivers continue to pay through the nose, some people think it’s time to break up ICBC’s state-run monopoly. Read More
View ArticleICBC sticker shock: Young drivers walloped under new rate system
LISTEN: Finance Minister Carole James cracks down on “discretionary” spending to protect the budget, Premier John Horgan cracks jokes (to mixed reviews) at his UBCM speech, the legislature spending...
View ArticleCondo Smarts: Right insurance is key in a condo
Dear Tony: Our strata council has been struggling with an issue in our building that involves insurance claims in a strata lot.
View ArticleMike Smyth: Plenty of finger pointing over ICBC 'dumpster fire'
Columnist Mike Smyth writes about the shocking losses at ICBC. Attorney General David Eby lays out the government's plan.
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