“I’VE SEEN FIRE and I’ve seen rain.” So go the lyrics of a hit song by James Taylor. We saw that last year in many parts of the province. And we are being warned [Continue]
Excerpt from debate in the B.C. Legislature on Thursday, May 5, 2022 on the nurse shortage in hospitals. T. Stone: With all due respect to the Minister of Health, it’s [Continue]
A MAYORAL CANDIDATE in the upcoming October municipal election wants BC Housing to conduct an independent review of shelters and facilities in Kamloops. The candidate, Reid [Continue]
Excerpts from Question Period debate in the B.C. Legislature on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 on prolific offenders. P. Milobar:To be clear, the fingers are pointing at the Attorney [Continue]
Excerpts from Question Period in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, May 2, 2022. T. Stone: Only in NDP land would they say that presiding over an increase of 200,000 British [Continue]
LILLIAN SZPAK HAS ANNOUNCED she is pulling the plug, won’t run for re-election to Langford council in October. Actually, the decision merely confirms one she made on [Continue]
By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca THERE’S A KNOCK on the door this afternoon. My kindly Italian heritage neighbour, holding the continuously quivering [Continue]
By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CANADIANS, and therefore British Columbians, pride themselves most on is universal health care. We all [Continue]
WARE IS A POOR WAY to control and influence others. A better way is propaganda. It surprises me that Russia resorts to war in Ukraine when its propaganda machine is so [Continue]
IT WAS EARTH DAY a week ago. The happy stories abounded and there were also the reminders that make us uncomfortable. We love our home and thus on Earth Day we do things to [Continue]
Following is an excerpt from debate in the B.C. Legislature on Monday afternoon, April 25, 2022 in which Premier John Horgan employed the ‘F’ word. The exact point at [Continue]
I ONCE BOUGHT a Montreal Canadiens sweater with the number 15 on it, because even in my driveway dreams I wasn’t good enough to wear Guy Lafleur’s number 10. Nobody [Continue]
ALMOST ONE MILLION PEOPLE in our province are without a family doctor. That’s one in five people who don’t have primary care. No one they can reach out to, to look after [Continue]
RUSSIA IS EXPANDING its domain. Not satisfied with grinding Ukraine into submission, now Russia is threatening a war in space. President Vladimir Putin has demonstrated that [Continue]