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McQUARRIE – Small-town secrets from of the Republic of Northern Island

April 23, 2019 // 2 Comments

The Republic Of Northern Island– Small towns can have many secrets but this small town, my newly adopted one of Port McNeill, has one of the best-kept secrets going. [Continue]

McQUARRIE – What’s the real reason behind demands to stop foreign aid?

March 31, 2019 // 3 Comments

IT’S LIKELY YOU’VE SEEN these on your social media news feeds. I’m referring to posts that urgently demand we stop giving money in support of foreign aid and [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Electorate is actually more united than it is divided

March 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

MANUFACTURING VOTER UNEASE and suspicions as a means of achieving party ambitions has become the divisive tool of choice for many a politician. And polarizing public opinion [Continue]

McQUARRIE – We need to do something about the direction the Titanic is taking

March 3, 2019 // 3 Comments

YOUR COMMENTS ON my last column about day-care and taxation showed a unity of mind I wasn’t quite expecting. Yes, there was the expected, ‘Not my problem, not with my [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The question inevitably arises, ‘Who’s going to pay for it?’

February 17, 2019 // 6 Comments

“WHO’S GOING to pay for it?” It’s the battle cry of many when it comes to ideas that would improve society and if I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard this, [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Former Kamloopsian adjusts to retirement in a small town

January 25, 2019 // 3 Comments

By BILL McQUARRIE Notes from the Rainforest PORT McNEILL – It’s been awhile since we last chatted. Something like four months since I dashed out of town on what [Continue]