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KNOX- 25 years later, I’m ready to forgive Martha for ruining Christmas

December 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

FOR THE RECORD, I no longer want Martha Stewart to die. Sure, I might have daydreamed about her catching a mild case of COVID, one that would – and here’s irony! – [Continue]

PETERS – Landfill search for Indigenous women’s remains worth honest effort

December 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

THE FRAUGHT RELATIONSHIP between Canada’s Indigenous people and this nation’s police reached another new low this week. Winnipeg’s police service revealed that the [Continue]

STONE – NDP’s infrastructure slogan should be ‘get less for more money’

December 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson THE NDP’S REPLACEMENT of the Cowichan District Hospital on Vancouver Island made all the wrong headlines this past week, when the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Smith is an amateur at separation compared to Quebec

December 8, 2022 // 1 Comment

ALBERTA’s PREMIER Danielle Smith is desperately trying to appeal to her populist base by introducing her loony sovereignty act. Smith is trailing NDP leader Rachel [Continue]

BEPPLE – Declaring conflicts of interest a normal part of the job on City council

December 7, 2022 // 1 Comment

DECLARING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST is a normal event during a B.C. city council meeting. In British Columbia, councils are governed by the Community Charter which was [Continue]

KNOX – Customers are feeling boxed in by Canada Post’s fuel surcharges

December 4, 2022 // 3 Comments

I MAILED A PAPERBACK to Edmonton last week. The postage cost $21, more than the book itself. No, I told the postal clerk, I don’t want you to charter a jet and read it to [Continue]