Local Voices

McQUARRIE – Right or wrong, why take a chance on climate change?

July 7, 2019 // 3 Comments

IT WAS DURING one of those coffee shop conversations when I was asked what I thought would happen if my opinion on climate change was eventually proven wrong. “Being the [Continue]

KNOX – Derelict house leaves a bad taste in neighbourhood

July 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

FOUR YEARS LATER, there is still no sign of life on Mars. The derelict house that caused nearby residents to rise up in one of Victoria’s more elegant protests remains [Continue]

PETERS – With the bottle cap challenge, at least no one ate laundry detergent

July 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

KEEPING UP WITH VIRAL PHENOMENA is not exactly my strength, but it was impossible this week to escape videos of the bottle cap challenge. In these videos, celebrities set a [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – As Canada goes nuclear, we’d rather not think about it

July 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

CANADA IS THIRD IN THE WORLD in replacing fossil fuels with nuclear. France and Sweden have replaced almost all of their fossil-fuelled generated electricity with nuclear [Continue]

MILOBAR – ‘Top-up’ of electric vehicle rebate program is actually a reduction

July 4, 2019 // 4 Comments

By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson WE RECENTLY SAW ANOTHER pathetic attempt by John Horgan and the NDP to fool British Columbians — this time, with regards to [Continue]

BEPPLE – Political will can take us from gas guzzlers to electric vehicles

July 3, 2019 // 3 Comments

I GREW UP WHEN KIDS bounced around in the back seats of cars because there were no seatbelts, let alone child car seats. Except for one time when the family car went flying [Continue]