AFTER THE TRAGEDY at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, parents and teachers are asking urgent questions: How do we keep our children safe?While fear often drives the conversation toward more cameras, locks and lockdown drills, safety in schools cannot be reduced to hardware. True safety is human-centered, preventative, a...

ON THE AFTERNOON OF Feb. 10, 2026, a quiet, remote mountain town in British Columbia became the scene of one of the deadliest school shootings in Canadian history. At Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, at least seven people were killed in an attack that also claimed the lives of two individuals at a nearby residence - bri...

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FALL AFTERNOON, with sunlight filtering through a stained-glass window, casting a rainbow of colors on the art-covered walls at the Art We Are Cafe. With my little pot of coffee close by, I studied the tarot cards laid out on the black tablecloth in front of me. My client, seated across from me, lean...

"THIS TIME," I said to myself as I surveyed my writing workspace, complete with coffee and power snacks. I was caffeinated and ready to work. I stared at the blank screen - so long that my eyes began to water. I chewed my cuticle with a deepening sense of doom. The screen stared back at me defiantly, daring m...