Local Voices

PETERS – B.C. State of Emergency needed for practical, symbolic reasons

July 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

IT MIGHT BE STUBBORNNESS, it might be ignorance, or it might be embarrassment that is preventing politicians from declaring a provincial State of Emergency in B.C., [Continue]

GINTA – Lessons from previous and present wildfire seasons

July 16, 2021 // 1 Comment

TODAY IS A HEAVY DAY. The morning held a cleaner air promise for a bit but that dissipated towards lunch time when the smoke grew thicker and heavier than it’s been [Continue]

CHABONNEAU – I believe you, UFO witnesses

July 15, 2021 // 1 Comment

FOR SOME INEXPLICABLE reason, the pandemic has generated increased numbers of UFO sightings. According to Ufology Research, sightings of levitating discs, erratic spaceships [Continue]

KNOX – Shaken by a handshake – the future of post-pandemic protocols

July 11, 2021 // 1 Comment

I SHOOK SOMEONE’S HAND this week. It felt like I cheated on my wife. Really, after a year and a half of self-conscious elbow bumps and sheepish head nods, it seemed wrong. [Continue]

PETERS – In the midst of its grief, Tk’emlups community exemplifies compassion

July 10, 2021 // 1 Comment

IT’S TIME WE SIT BACK AND CONTEMPLATE the marvel that is the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc community. Like most Indigenous communities where a residential school operated in the [Continue]

JOHNSON – Juniper needs a road alright, but where should it go?

July 8, 2021 // 2 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON IT’S THE NIGHT OF THE FIRE, and a bunch of people were trying to open the locked gate off the end of west Qu’Appelle. In the end they managed. [Continue]