McQuarrie

McQUARRIE – Better than nothing – the Canadian motto for seniors’ care

May 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

IT SEEMS WE WHO HAVE worked long enough to qualify for Old Age Security (OAS) and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) are going to get a one-time COVID-19 payment. It will come [Continue]

McQUARRIE – I have seen the future, and it is not Sunshine and Lollipops

February 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

LATELY I’ VE HAD the unfortunate experience of being given a glimpse into the future and I have to say it wasn’t — as that old song goes — all Sunshine and [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Answer to the crisis in small-town B.C. – another report

February 9, 2020 // 2 Comments

THERE IS A CRISIS in small town B.C. and while not unexpected in rural communities built and sustained solely by the resource sector it isn’t any less painful or real for [Continue]

McQUARRIE – A lot of ‘breaking news’ stories sound all too familiar

January 26, 2020 // 2 Comments

WATCHING FROM THE DISTANT and rainy shores of Vancouver Island, I sometimes find myself amused – in a head-scratching kind of way – by breaking news stories in [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Golden goose of rural B.C. has been plundered too many times

January 12, 2020 // 5 Comments

SMALL TOWN B.C. is in serious trouble and government neglect in the years preceding today’s forestry sector implosion has only served to make this meltdown worse and [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Enjoy your New Year’s resolutions while they last

December 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

I’M NOT GOING TO ROB a bank this year. I’ve also resolved to not free climb Yosemite’s El Capitan. And in 2020, I am going to the gym three times a week and not [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Don’t wait until tax notice arrives in mail before speaking up

December 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

NEXT YEAR, WHEN you receive your property tax bill, you’ll probably hesitate, if only for a moment, before opening the envelope. That hesitation is normal and allows for [Continue]

McQUARRIE – There is no immunity from the consequences of free speech

November 17, 2019 // 3 Comments

HAS YOUR PARTNER ever asked for an opinion that is difficult, if not dangerous to respond to honestly? Questions about how that new dress looks, or what you think about the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – We buy Albertastan a pipeline and this is the thanks we get

November 3, 2019 // 4 Comments

ALBERTASTAN? A make-believe world, created and promoted by those looking to divert your attention and blame from some truly serious issues. Yes, the chest pounding, swagger [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Welcome to Year Six: this lefty is mad as hell and not going away

October 20, 2019 // 6 Comments

TO THOSE WHO ASK why I write, I often say it’s cheaper than seeing a therapist. In most cases, I can usually count on the familiar feel of a keyboard and the expectant [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Eunuchs of social media replace real life with hashtags

October 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

I HAD AN INTERESTING but let’s say weird line of thought the other day. It was about eunuchs and I think most would agree it was an odd thought, given the subject matter. [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Maybe it’s the voters, not the politicians, who are insane

September 22, 2019 // 3 Comments

WHEN IT COMES to the Oct. 21 election, are you expecting different outcomes than what you have experienced with every other federal election? It’s a serious question but [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The only good voter is an informed voter

September 1, 2019 // 2 Comments

WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER and the start of crazy season; that time of promises that will never be kept, misrepresentations, alternative facts and even outright lies that is [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Federal politics like an episode of Fawlty Towers these days

August 18, 2019 // 3 Comments

“We’ve been conditioned to think that only politicians can solve our problems. But at some point maybe we will wake up and recognize that it was politicians who [Continue]