Local Voices

KNOX – In Dysfunction-By-The-Sea, policing isn’t a pretty picture

September 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

WHEN THAT INTOXICATED GUY staged a one-man rodeo near the Royal Jubilee on Wednesday, smashing into cars before holing up inside a Begbie Street house, VicPD brought in the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The migration of Canada’s Inuit to Greenland

September 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

I’M ABOARD THE OCEAN ENDEAVOUR, east of Baffin Island in the Arctic Circle, approaching Lancaster Sound. We left Kangerlussuag, Greenland, ten days ago and we’re headed [Continue]

GINTA – Let’s help our young ones quit once and for all

September 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

IT IS AN INTERESTING CASE of ‘better than smoking’ that has been adopted by many. Vaping, they said, does not present the same risks as cigarettes do. That many [Continue]

BEPPLE – Government is like sweeping a floor: take care of the edges first

September 4, 2019 // 2 Comments

MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAID, when you’re sweeping a floor, you should sweep the edges and the corners first. Leave the large centre until last. She would tell me take care [Continue]

FORSETH – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in his own words

September 3, 2019 // 7 Comments

IT’S EASY TO BE BOMBASTIC and overly and sarcastically political; I admit it, I’ve done it myself. That said, today I am presenting some examples of Justin [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The only good voter is an informed voter

September 1, 2019 // 2 Comments

WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER and the start of crazy season; that time of promises that will never be kept, misrepresentations, alternative facts and even outright lies that is [Continue]