Guest Column

RUCKERT – Citizens’ assemblies a good way to decide on electoral system

September 27, 2021 // 11 Comments

By GISELA RUCKERT Guest Columnist MEL MAY CALL proportional representation an uninvited guest, but I’m laying out the welcome mat! He is absolutely correct that it’s not [Continue]

WALSH – We need to respect each other during these tense COVID times

September 19, 2021 // 1 Comment

By DENIS WALSH City Councillor, Kamloops AS A CITY COUNCILLOR, I have seen the extreme tensions, emotions and overt hostilities that have arisen in Kamloops in various ways [Continue]

GRAHAM – A response to those who criticize our school system

August 30, 2021 // 3 Comments

By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist AS A RETIRED secondary school English teacher and vice-principal, I have seldom passed up an opportunity to respond to publicly aired [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Public has chance for a say on changes to B.C. Police Act

August 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist Lynne Stonier-Newman here, author of Policing A Pioneer Province: The British Columbia Provincial Police 1858 – 1950. Writing [Continue]

GRAHAM – Health, wealth and common sense: the social contract revisited

August 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONS of civilized society is, surely, the notion of the common good, or the benefits of living other than alone in caves, [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – British Columbia at 150 years remains a work in progress

July 24, 2021 // 1 Comment

By DAVE OBEE Editor and Publisher, Victoria Times Colonist ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY years ago this past Tuesday, the British Colonist newspaper reported on a major event — our [Continue]