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CHARBONNEAU – The success of Canada’s legalization of cannabis

January 27, 2022 // 1 Comment

THE FACT THAT CIGARETTES were legal but caused cancer, and cannabis was illegal but hadn’t been proven to cause cancer, struck us as grimly ironic in the 1970s. We quipped: [Continue]

BEPPLE – It’s time for the settler community to shine light on itself

January 26, 2022 // 4 Comments

YESTERDAY, JANUARY 25, 2022, the Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) released its preliminary results of their first phase of investigations into St. Joseph’s Mission [Continue]

FORSETH – How does cutting health services equate to better patient care?

January 21, 2022 // 4 Comments

HEALTHCARE IN RURAL and small-town B.C. is coming apart at the seams, and the NDP government of Premier John Horgan, and in particular Health Minister Adrian Dix, are letting [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Make the unvaccinated pay but forget the tax

January 20, 2022 // 4 Comments

THE UNVACCINATED are a burden on our health care system. Those who refuse to get a shot against COVID-19 use a proportionally high percentage of health care resources. We, [Continue]

BEPPLE – City’s housing strategy needs to consider shrinking families

January 19, 2022 // 2 Comments

WHEN PEOPLE SAY they want housing for families, it’s important to think of what that means. In the 2016 census by Stats Canada, there were just under 37,000 households in [Continue]

SARAI – A New Year’s resolution to lobby for more effective crime-fighting

January 18, 2022 // 2 Comments

By BILL SARAI City councillor, Kamloops IN MY FIRST council column of the year, I would like to wish everyone a very happy and healthy new year. As most people start the year [Continue]