Local Voices

GINTA – Dog poop – the problem that just doesn’t want to go away

April 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

A FEW DAYS A WEEK Peterson Creek Park is infused with tiny visitors. In winter they slide down slopes, waddling like adorable penguins bundled up in bright colours and cute [Continue]

KNOX – Why a long, long bridge (or tunnel) from the mainland won’t work

March 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

HERE’S WHY a bridge linking Vancouver Island to the mainland is a non-starter: • Why would we build a bridge? We just made our last payment on the moat. • Moving to [Continue]

McQUARRIE – What’s the real reason behind demands to stop foreign aid?

March 31, 2019 // 3 Comments

IT’S LIKELY YOU’VE SEEN these on your social media news feeds. I’m referring to posts that urgently demand we stop giving money in support of foreign aid and [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Why are Land Title records being moved with consultation?

March 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

Debate in the Legislature on Thursday, March 28, 2019 on moving Land Titles records from Kamloops. Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA [Continue]

PETERS – Has a public institution ever been as out of touch as the Legislature?

March 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

WHEN LEGISLATIVE SPEAKER Darryl Plecas outlined in his eponymous report instances of flagrant spending by entitled legislative officers earlier this year, the widespread [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – How flower power and the computer age let me down

March 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

AS SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED IN ELECTRONICS all my life, I had high hopes for the digital age. But it turned out to be yet another disappointment. The first was when flower [Continue]