Local Voices

KNOX – In the ’51st state,’ Democrats are pushing to get out the vote

August 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

AMONG THE MORE than 600,000 potential U.S. voters living in Canada, some lean Republican. Conventional wisdom says they’re a relative rarity, though, like Boston Bruins [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Come on in to the Covid Cafe and check out today’s special

August 9, 2020 // 2 Comments

THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY the Covid Cafe, where your rights to personal choice extend well beyond our well thought out and delicious menu. As I take you to your table, [Continue]

BARNETT – Horgan can still stop the baby moose hunt before it starts

August 8, 2020 // 2 Comments

BY DONNA BARNETT MLA, Cariboo-Chilcotin THERE IS A GROWING MOVEMENT against Premier Horgan’s plan to cull moose cows and their calves all in the name of saving endangered [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Russian COVID misinformation part of pre-election strategy

August 7, 2020 // 1 Comment

JUST AS IN THE LAST U.S. presidential election, the Russians are stirring up the electorate in advance of November’s presidential election. It’s all part Prime Minister [Continue]

BEPPLE – New name for B.C. Day would be another step toward reconciliation

August 5, 2020 // 1 Comment

EDITOR’S NOTE: Nancy Bepple is taking a well-deserved break this week. In place of her regular column we present an encore column originally published Aug. 7, 2019. IN [Continue]

KNOX – Figuring out who’s welcome and who’s not is a pandemic pickle

August 2, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT TOOK AWHILE, but I finally found one. This was the other day, when I was up in the Interior, off-Island for the first time since the drawbridge went down. On the highway, [Continue]