Local Voices

PETERS – It’s time to consider tailoring our pandemic restrictions by region

September 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

YOU’VE HEARD Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry say it repeatedly: COVID-19 is in every region of B.C. She could very well have said, “There are tall buildings in [Continue]

KNOX – From the bubble, a tribute to Mum on her 100th birthday

September 26, 2020 // 8 Comments

MY MOTHER, Jean Knox, turns 100 years old today, totally screwing up my retirement-budget calculations. I put her longevity down to stubbornness. She never was a quitter, [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Someone should let Jason Kenney know the oil peak has arrived

September 25, 2020 // 1 Comment

ALBERTA PREMIER JASON KENNEY still dreams that his one-trick scheme of pumping oil out of the ground will save Alberta. Not so, says the energy giant BP. BP predicts that [Continue]

BEPPLE – BC Liberals are well-prepared to fight election across the province

September 23, 2020 // 2 Comments

THERE ARE TWO THINGS that I remember from the end of the 2017 BC provincial election where the BC NDP scraped into power with an agreement with the BC Greens. The first thing [Continue]

KNOX – Even with all the smoke it’s clear an election is looming

September 20, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT’S SMOKY OUT THERE. Need-headlights-at-4-p.m. smoky. Not as bad as newsrooms in 1982, mind you, but still as gloomy as a travel agent. We can see one thing clearly, [Continue]

FORSETH – NDP government’s PR department is working overtime

September 19, 2020 // 4 Comments

I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, however it sure seems like the provincial government news department is working overtime this week, churning out release after release … [Continue]