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January 27, 2020 in Editorials // EDITORIAL – Everyone has the right to choose a death with dignity
January 26, 2020 in Other Voices // HARRY AND MEGHAN – Let’s laud them for their self-care and leave them alone
January 26, 2020 in Local Voices // McQUARRIE – A lot of ‘breaking news’ stories sound all too familiar
January 26, 2020 in Knox // KNOX – Those willing to stand for party leadership are few and far between
January 25, 2020 in Armchair Mayor // ROTHENBURGER – When municipal politicians think they’re worth too much

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FORSETH – Govt has worked in best interests of ‘politicians’ for too long

January 18, 2020 // 5 Comments

WHEN NDP PREMIER John Horgan gave official recognition to the BC Green Party, he also gave them tens of thousand in additional financial resources that would not have [Continue]

FORSETH – ’14 days of input on assisted suicide amendments insulting’

January 14, 2020 // 1 Comment

KAMLOOPS-THOMPSON-CARIBOO Conservative MP Cathy McLeod advised residents Monday (Jan. 13, 2019) of the launch of a public consultation being conducted by the federal [Continue]

FORSETH – Let’s end the petty politics on Coastal GasLink pipeline project

January 10, 2020 // 7 Comments

DAY AFTER DAY the NDP government of John Horgan has continued to do little by way of stepping in to assist in the resolution of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs [Continue]

FORSETH – Who spent what among B.C.’s Members of the Legislature

December 16, 2019 // 2 Comments

THERE WAS LOTS to digest in the latest Accountability and Expense Reports for individual MLA’s, their offices, and more — for the period of April 1 to Sept. 30, 2019. [Continue]

FORSETH – Conifex transfer leaves many wondering about paycheques

October 30, 2019 // 2 Comments

MONDAY, DOUG DONALDSON, the Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, released a statement regarding the transfer of a forest licence [Continue]

FORSETH – Mental health minister is wrong about the role of support dogs

October 3, 2019 // 1 Comment

THE GOVERNMENT OF British Columbia has stated it is committed to accessibility legislation that meets the unique needs of British Columbians and will also seek to learn from [Continue]

FORSETH – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in his own words

September 3, 2019 // 7 Comments

IT’S EASY TO BE BOMBASTIC and overly and sarcastically political; I admit it, I’ve done it myself. That said, today I am presenting some examples of Justin [Continue]

FORSETH – Something hinky going on with announcement of Hydro rate cut

August 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

SO OUR PROVINCIAL NDP government has announced that we will be paying … less for electricity next spring if the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) approves BC Hydro’s [Continue]

FORSETH – How four-pound Finnegan helps get his owner through the day

August 13, 2019 // 2 Comments

MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES … hidden disabilities … you normally don’t see them unless they are extreme. I myself have a range of depressive moods, I can have sudden [Continue]

FORSETH – British Columbians want the Trans Mountain pipeline project built

June 19, 2019 // 4 Comments

“We appreciate the federal government’s second approval of this existing project. This approval is an important milestone for Alberta, and for Canada. The decision was [Continue]

FORSETH – Use of term ‘genocide’ detracts from causes of the violence

June 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

CBC NEWS … After more than three years, dozens of community meetings and testimony from well over 2,000 Canadians, the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls [Continue]

FORSETH – Pig-headed B.C. government refuses to quit on pipeline

May 25, 2019 // 7 Comments

“BRITISH COLUMBIA’S highest court has spoken, unanimously, and the time for obstruction of the TMX pipeline is now over. I look forward to working with B.C. and the [Continue]

FORSETH – The Armchair Mayor asked what a tax grab is – here’s the answer

April 14, 2019 // 4 Comments

WHAT IS A TAX GRAB, the Armchair Mayor asked, in an editorial, where he also commented that ‘TAX GRAB’ is such a nasty term. I’ll now present an edited version of his [Continue]

FORSETH – It’s too soon to start another federal party, even for Wilson-Raybould

April 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

I MET MARTYN BROWN shortly after the dying days of British Columbia’s Social Credit Party, following the 1991 provincial election. He was working with Jack Weisgerber, and [Continue]