Local Voices

KNOX – Steady, boys, there’s plenty of time left to get your shopping done

December 22, 2019 // 1 Comment

STEADY, BOYS. Not yet. No need to panic. There’s plenty of time. Take your coat off, put the keys away, go back to the couch. The Seahawks are on TV today. Some nervous [Continue]

PETERS – Parkcrest fire report raises a new set of important questions

December 21, 2019 // 2 Comments

HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW about the fire that destroyed Parkcrest Elementary School in September: The fire started in the space between the drop ceiling and the roof, and while [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The supervolcano that is quietly cooking next door to us

December 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE HORRIFIC DEATHS of 16 tourists on White Island, New Zealand, are a reminder of the lethal force of volcanoes. Lillani Hopkins, a 22-year-old student, witnessed the [Continue]

BEPPLE – In dark times, there are people who continue to shine light

December 18, 2019 // 3 Comments

I LOVE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. In this darkest time of the year, they make the whole city glow. But last weekend, as I drove for Operation Rednose, I gained a whole new [Continue]

GINTA – The things the Christmas train brings about

December 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

SO THIS IS HOW I STARTED writing my column for this week, because of this upsetting and about to get uglier issue… Here we are again, on the cusp of having new vaping [Continue]

FORSETH – Who spent what among B.C.’s Members of the Legislature

December 16, 2019 // 2 Comments

THERE WAS LOTS to digest in the latest Accountability and Expense Reports for individual MLA’s, their offices, and more — for the period of April 1 to Sept. 30, 2019. [Continue]