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FORSETH – Trudeau’s quest for UN Security Council seat is just vanity

May 23, 2020 // 6 Comments

ON MARCH 16, 2016 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced our country would be seeking a place amongst the 10 non-permanent members of the United Nations (UN) Security [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Low-income taxpayers could benefit from auto filing

May 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

MANY LOW-INCOME CANADIANS are missing out on benefits because they don’t file tax returns. While most Canadians — including me — think of what they owe at tax time, [Continue]

BEPPLE – As the lockdown eases, we must remember what could have been

May 20, 2020 // 2 Comments

AS WE EMERGE from the worst of the COVID-19 lockdown in B.C., one wonders why we went into lockdown to begin with. Especially in the Interior of the province. Or that’s [Continue]

GINTA – This is a good time to reconsider food production, processing

May 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I went to pick up an order from the local Bulk Barn store. They are the revolutionary ‘bring your (any) container to refill’ buy-in-bulk business, [Continue]

FORSETH – Ground rules for returning kids to school need to be clarified

May 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

ON JANUARY 21 Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, issued the first of dozens and dozens of updates on what became [Continue]