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FORSETH – Something hinky going on with announcement of Hydro rate cut

August 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

SO OUR PROVINCIAL NDP government has announced that we will be paying … less for electricity next spring if the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) approves BC Hydro’s [Continue]

KNOX – Even a 77-year-old must produce ID to get a beer at a festival

August 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

BILL CAMPBELL WAS STROLLING ALONG the Esquimalt Lagoon when he spotted the beer truck. Part of Colwood’s annual Eats and Beats at the Beach festival, it emerged out of the [Continue]

PETERS – Let’s stop calling Kamloops Pride a ‘special interest group’

August 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

WHEN THE IDEA OF FUNDING A RAINBOW CROSSWALK came forward to Kamloops council a couple of weeks back, it was unanimously supported by those around the table. But before they [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Climate change lessons from the Little Ice Age

August 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

CLIMATE CHANGE WILL CHALLENGE our ability to survive and our world view. Business as usual will not be an option. Our survival skills are already being tested in Europe. In [Continue]

BEPPLE – Experiencing the reality of climate change first-hand

August 21, 2019 // 1 Comment

THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER dictionary defines issue as “concern, problem.. As in climate change is an issue. As in it is a concern that there will be more droughts and [Continue]

GINTA – There is room for improvement in road safety

August 20, 2019 // 1 Comment

IT MAKES ME THINK of a game of peek-a-boo every time I see it. A police officer with a radar gun hides behind a tree or an object big enough to hide his or her presence. If [Continue]