Local Voices

PETERS – Parents should be wary of Fraser Institute’s school ranking system

March 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE FRASER INSTITUTE’S annual rankings of BC elementary schools was released earlier this month, and Kamloops schools didn’t do so hot. Nearly 1,000 B.C. schools [Continue]

BEPPLE – Build peace, stop asking people, ‘Where are you from?’

March 20, 2019 // 8 Comments

MY SISTER IS a buitenlander. My sister was born in Canada but for the last 25 years she has lived and worked in The Netherlands. It doesn’t matter that she is now a [Continue]

GINTA – Still using your phone while driving? Stop doing it

March 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

A FEW WEEKS AGO, I read a book that could not have a more sobering title: A Deadly Wandering – A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention, by Matt Richtel [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Electorate is actually more united than it is divided

March 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

MANUFACTURING VOTER UNEASE and suspicions as a means of achieving party ambitions has become the divisive tool of choice for many a politician. And polarizing public opinion [Continue]

KNOX – Do Fido a big favour and don’t toss your roach or leave edibles out

March 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

IT WASN’T A BIG DOG that staggered into the Juan de Fuca Veterinary Clinic, but not a super-small one, either. Probably weighed 20 pounds. “We don’t know what’s [Continue]

PETERS – Let’s not make the latest mass shooter into a celebrity

March 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE MOSQUE ATTACKS in New Zealand is in its early stages, but we do know a few things about what happened. Dozens of people were killed at two mosques [Continue]