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JOHNSON – Why the truckers’ protest in Ottawa was doomed to fail

January 30, 2022 // 8 Comments

SOOO, HERE WE GO … crowds of trucks jamming into Ottawa and packing Parliament Hill on Saturday and Sunday to protest the federal Liberal government, vaccine mandates and [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Our focus on mental health shouldn’t be limited to one day

January 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

By GREG KYLLO MLA, Shuswap THIS WEEK WE MARKED Bell Let’s Talk Day, which raises awareness of mental health issues as well as funds for mental health initiatives across [Continue]

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]