Local Voices

PETERS – Nostalgia is powerful but is it enough to sustain a Zellers revival?

August 20, 2022 // 1 Comment

THE NEWS OF THE ZELLERS REVIVAL engendered such an excited response this week, you would think this place was retail utopia. Unique products at rock-bottom prices in a [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – New Russian movie villains won’t look like the old ones

August 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

THE NEW RUSSIAN VILLAINS probably won’t be like the old ones in movies. In the 1950s, Russian villains were seen as alien invaders with superior weapons and mind control in [Continue]

JOHNSON – A story about how I quit smoking after almost 40 years

August 15, 2022 // 2 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON ArmchairMayor.ca Contributor THIS IS A STORY of how I stopped smoking cigarettes. First the disclaimer. I used vaping products. I do not in any way endorse [Continue]

KNOX – We live longer if we read, study says, but does quality matter?

August 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

News item: People who read more than 3½ hours a week lived 23 months longer than those who didn’t read at all, according to a study published in the journal Social Science [Continue]

PETERS – More than a passing fad, move to active transportation is exploding

August 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

AFTER SPENDING THE PAST FEW WEEKS travelling on Vancouver Island, the prevalence of so-called alternative modes of transportation really stood out to me. One of the most [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – BC Housing reboot: there’s a lot of catching up to do

August 11, 2022 // 1 Comment

BC HOUSING CORPORATION is suffering growing pains and no wonder. After years of neglect in building affordable housing, there ís a lot of catching up to do. The provincial [Continue]