McQuarrie

McQUARRIE – Follow the money in the flawed Kamloops recycling regime

June 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

DOES THE CITY of Kamloops, or should I say, Kamloops City Council actually believes in and support recycling, or are they in it just for the money? I ask, as it seems the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Kamloops life, as seen through the lens

June 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

OVER THE past couple of weeks, I had an opportunity to photograph a number of events in Kamloops and in the process, reaffirmed that this is one heck of a place to live. You [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Three leaders put own interests ahead of their constituents

June 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

THREE DIFFERENT political events these past few weeks have me wondering where we went wrong and where are we headed. We have the Donald Trump and James Comey battles and the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – A memorandum to Christy Clark: It is time for you to go

June 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Dear Christy: I WAS SORRY to hear of your loss and know how difficult these times can be. Rejection, disapproval and being avoided can be difficult things to deal with, [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Three seats are no mandate for the BC Green Party

May 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

Note: This column was written prior to Monday’s announcement of an agreement between the BC Green Party and the BC NDP. THREE SEATS do not a government make and while [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Prince George proves free downtown parking can work

May 23, 2017 // 1 Comment

LET’S BAN parking meters from downtown! Okay, now that I have your attention let me add, I’m serious. Parking generates approximate $1.2 million in revenue for the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Climate change, like a cancer, grows if we simply do nothing

May 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

LAST WEEK I wrote about the choices we have between denial or acceptance of climate change. In the comments that followed, those unable or unwilling to accept climate change [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The consequences of being wrong on climate change

May 2, 2017 // 1 Comment

NOT TOO LONG ago, I got into a discussion with someone who was still unable to accept the concept of climate change. He was willing, although somewhat reluctantly, to agree [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Why do the BC Liberals have so much support in the Interior?

April 25, 2017 // 1 Comment

Lots of jobs have been created in B.C., but what the premier fails to point out is that most of those jobs were created in the Lower Mainland and Victoria JOBS, JOBS, JOBS. [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Suppose we hired 200 doctors and paid students’ tuition?

April 18, 2017 // 2 Comments

SUPPOSE, just for a moment, that B.C. decided to hire and pay a salary to doctors willing to locate to communities outside of the Lower Mainland. For sake of argument, [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Being a self-directed voter and getting the facts is easy

April 11, 2017 // 1 Comment

QUITE OFTEN, after writing a column about the foibles of a particular political party (more often than not the B.C. Liberals simply because they provide a wealth of column [Continue]

McQUARRIE – ‘The public has moved beyond their government’

April 4, 2017 // 1 Comment

May 9, 2017 – BC Liberals lose election. Confirming what many predicted would be a tight race; John Horgan leads the NDP to a victory of sorts with a minority [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Norway a shining example of how to manage resource revenues

March 21, 2017 // 2 Comments

I’M HAVING a bit of a socialist moment today. A somewhat different kind of socialist moment though, as I want to be a millionaire like every man woman and child is in [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Buying their way back into our hearts and minds

March 7, 2017 // 4 Comments

OKAY EVERYONE, I take a short break from this column, leave you alone with the province for just a few weeks and what do you do while I’m not looking? You let the [Continue]