Local Voices

CHARBONNEAU – Artists struggle to make a living wage in Internet era

October 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

GONE ARE THE DAYS when the path to success was fairly direct for musicians. Graham Henderson, president of Music Canada recalls the way it used to be: “In 1999, if you’ve [Continue]

FORSETH – Mental health minister is wrong about the role of support dogs

October 3, 2019 // 1 Comment

THE GOVERNMENT OF British Columbia has stated it is committed to accessibility legislation that meets the unique needs of British Columbians and will also seek to learn from [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kamloops candidates could take a lesson from John F. Kennedy

October 2, 2019 // 2 Comments

I HAD NOT QUITE been born in 1962 when U.S. President John F. Kennedy made his historic speech, “We choose to go to the Moon,” on Sept. 12, 1962. With that speech, the [Continue]

GINTA – We can save ourselves from being buried in our own waste

October 1, 2019 // 1 Comment

LOGICALLY SPEAKING, our waste-related problems would be much smaller if consumption would decrease to begin with. When less product is consumed, less waste is produced. [Continue]

PETERS – One day, we shall defeat the man cold

September 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

I HAVE A COLD, and because I’m a man, it’s a man cold, and because it’s a man cold, it’s one-thousand times worse than any illness ever contracted in history. The [Continue]

BEPPLE – Don’t let controversies stop you from voting on October 21

September 25, 2019 // 1 Comment

IT WAS TOUGH NEWS for the Liberal party last week, when photographs of Justin Trudeau in 2001 and previous years in brown-face and black-face hit the news like a [Continue]