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FORSETH – Will Kamloops council be able to cajole builders to build more?

June 2, 2023 // 2 Comments

WEDNESDAY (May 31), the provincial government announced housing target expectations, which they say will deliver more homes faster, and announced the first communities they [Continue]

FORSETH – Is there room for yet another party on the federal scene?

May 24, 2023 // 1 Comment

IS THERE ROOM … dare it be said … for ANOTHER political party on the federal scene; and essentially, one that would straddle the middle ground between Pierre [Continue]

FORSETH – Latest poll numbers bad news for Rustad and BC Conservatives

May 9, 2023 // 2 Comments

MAY 9, 2023: Information in a new poll released today from Research Co. shows: Public backing for the governing BC New Democratic Party (NDP) has increased over the past [Continue]

FORSETH – Why is Indigenous cannabis subsidized against the private sector?

April 22, 2023 // 4 Comments

I NOTED THREE THINGS in news stories, in recent days, regarding our Indigenous neighbours, and they had me asking questions that I think at least some of us should be [Continue]

FORSETH – Who will pay for greenhouse carbon tax exemption? We will

April 2, 2023 // 6 Comments

A RISE IN THE CARBON TAX was no April Fools joke for the people of BC. Carbon taxes imposed by the Provincial and Federal governments will go from a current rate of $50 per [Continue]

FORSETH – ‘I am seriously considering seeking leadership of the party’

March 6, 2023 // 1 Comment

MENTION THE BC CONSERVATIVES and you’ll get derision and mockery from some … others will say they are a breath of fresh air … and still others will go, “The [Continue]

FORSETH – B.C. budget takes a surplus and does a financial slight of hand

February 28, 2023 // 2 Comments

I DON’T KNOW what ANYONE could possibly see as a benefit in the latest B.C. Budget, except perhaps those who will be on the receiving end of the NDP gravy train. In [Continue]

FORSETH – Time has run out for talk; it’s time to act on B.C.’s drug crisis

November 7, 2022 // 3 Comments

February 9, 2022 (Public Safety and Solicitor General): “… Time has run out for research and discussion. It is time to take action.” Aug. 31, 2021: “On [Continue]

FORSETH – Give me a break, are you really that thin-skinned, Pierre?

September 18, 2022 // 3 Comments

A COUPLE OF DAYS ago I received an email from Pierre Poilievre and the Conservative Party of Canada; to say I was not impressed is mild. Here, word for word, is the content [Continue]

FORSETH – Plan for traffic light at Highland Road defies common sense

September 2, 2022 // 7 Comments

A MAJOR PROJECT by the City of Kamloops on Highland Road between Valleyview arena and the highway, is now well underway. This project includes the installation of new water [Continue]

FORSETH – Beating the drum of crazed conspiracy theories won’t win

August 26, 2022 // 1 Comment

THIS MORNING in my political email Inbox, came another in what has been hundreds of emails from all of the candidates seeking to become the next leader of the Conservative [Continue]

FORSETH – Raspberry growers latest recipients of government largesse

April 1, 2022 // 5 Comments

THIS WEEK, the BC NDP government of Premier John Horgan announced new funding was going to be made available to raspberry growers for a “replant program.” Said [Continue]

FORSETH – Does the Conservative Party need a pit bull as leader?

March 21, 2022 // 2 Comments

DOES A PIT BULL or bulldog make as good a leader – or even more importantly prime minister – as they do in the role of Opposition party critic? That’s a question that [Continue]

FORSETH – Provincial government increases the hit on our pocketbooks

March 9, 2022 // 2 Comments

YESTERDAY MORNING I was forced to make a purchase of gasoline – my tank being near empty – and I nearly had a heart attack! The price of gas in Kamloops had reached [Continue]