Local Voices

BEPPLE – Sorting out who’s who among the local election candidates

September 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

THERE ARE LESS than two weeks left before the federal election Sept. 20, but it is hard to say where things will end up either locally or federally. This is the first time in [Continue]

JOHNSON – Is Canada Conservatism being rethunk entirely this time?

September 7, 2021 // 1 Comment

By DAVID JOHNSON IT’S STARTING TO LOOK like Erin O’Toole’s run for PM is a test for a certain theory of Canadian conservatism; water it down, wins the horse race. [Continue]

KNOX – Crossing party lines in the name of human decency

September 5, 2021 // 1 Comment

WHEN THE RABID RABBLE went after Justin Trudeau on the weekend, one of the first to leap to his defence was a political opponent. “I hope every candidate and incumbent will [Continue]

PETERS – RIH demonstrators lost sight of how COVID-19 impacts health care

September 4, 2021 // 3 Comments

THE RECENT EXPERIENCE a friend of mine had at Royal Inland Hospital illustrates well why healthcare professionals were so frustrated at this week’s protest. Coincidentally, [Continue]

GINTA – We have a right to protest, but don’t do it in front of hospitals

September 3, 2021 // 5 Comments

I WILL START by saying I did not know there were anti-vaccine protests scheduled all over British Columbia for Sept. 1. An update from a trusted news source revealed a [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The new threat to health care is not privatization, it’s viral

September 2, 2021 // 1 Comment

The COVID pandemic has gone viral. I don’t mean the Delta variant. I mean the mania created by antivaxxers who have whipped up opposition to panic levels. Antivaxxers are [Continue]