KNOX – Some questions they should have asked on the census
I FILLED OUT MY CENSUS questionnaire last week. So did you, probably. Some households got the long form, but mine got the short one, which was a bit like opening War and [Continue]
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PETERS – Park debate shows elections better than one-off consultations
YOU KNOW HOW EVERY TIME AN ELECTION APPROACHES, there are impassioned pleas for people to get out and vote? It’s often a case of too little, too late. Unless a potential [Continue]
IN THE LEDGE: Is help on the way for the North Thompson Fall Fair, or not?
Debate in the B.C. Legislature today (May 20, 2021) between Greg Kyllo, Karin Kirkpatrick and Peter Milobar of the BC Liberals, and Melanie Mark, Minister of Education, [Continue]
FORSETH – Age and income are not ‘barriers’ to getting vaccinated
THE HEADLINE of a news story in the Vancouver Sun on Tuesday (May 18), stated: “Vaccine information not reaching young adults in B.C., poll shows.” Leading off the [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Threat of separation led to a superior immigration system
NO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT likes to give up control but in the case of immigration, it’s worked out for the best. Our immigration system is admired globally. Canada has largely [Continue]
BEPPLE – Canada’s reputation as peacekeeper is on the decline
IN RECENT YEARS, Canada has fallen from grace as an international peacemaker. While we think of ourselves as the country of Lester B. Pearson and the UN Peacekeepers, in [Continue]
