VIFF review: Any Day Now
Director-writer Travis Fine’s drama is set in the late-1970s in Los Angeles’ gay community, a romance between a lip-synching drag-club performer (Alan Cumming) who really wants to be a proper singer,...
View ArticleAutistic actor-filmmaker Tyler Clarke looking to broaden his reach
Film and theatre creator Andy Thompson’s latest film project came to him through the day job he left several years ago – working with developmentally disabled teens and adults. Thompson, who last month...
View ArticleLetters: Private schools, teachers strike, Enbridge pipeline, climate change,...
Hiking private-school fees ‘not reasonable’ I am writing in response to The Province, Sunday edition, specifically the column by Michael Smyth on funding for private schools and the article by Paul...
View ArticleThe Province’s Top 10 most-read stories of 2014
By Sam Cooper The tragic story of an isolated and overwhelmed single mother in Prince Rupert who killed her autistic son and then took her own life was the most-read story of the year at...
View ArticleHeather Campbell: Criminal-justice system needs better understanding of...
We often hear that more than 747,000 Canadians are living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Yet, we are rarely told about the “other dementias.” This is starting to change. While it...
View ArticleKathleen O’Grady: Why it’s time for a national autism strategy
Over a year ago, I was invited to celebrate World Autism Awareness Day on Parliament Hill. It was attended by a dozen or more senators from both major parties, political staffers and invited guests...
View ArticleLetters: Pot protest, 4/20, Gordon Clark, Bombardier, old drivers, Variety Club
If we can’t drink in public, why do they allow pot smoking? I’m sorry, but when did smoking pot become legal, especially in public? If it is not legal, why are thousands of marijuana allowed to have...
View ArticleLetters: Site C, solar power, alternative energy, Clark column, Leap, terror...
Site C dam is crazy when we could use alternative energy Reading about the untapped — and now more affordable than ever — installation capability of solar panels for small businesses and homeowners...
View ArticleLaurie Mawlam: It’s time for Canada to screen kids for autism
Over the years, Autism Canada has talked to thousands of parents and there has been a similar refrain. Early diagnosis didn’t happen for their children because too many well-intentioned health...
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