Local Voices

GINTA – For the love of trees – imagine if we didn’t have them

March 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

DID YOU KNOW that March 21 is the International Day of Forests? It was established back in 2012 by the United Nations General Assembly. Not many people know that because it [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Learning to embrace economic futility and love taxes

March 24, 2019 // 1 Comment

By DAVID JOHNSON I ALREADY WROTE about the politicking surrounding the budget speech, Scheer, Wilson-Raybould, SNC Lavalin, desk slamming and filibusters, etc, etc, etc. [Continue]

KNOX – ‘Compassion and love’ behind chain of humanity at mosque

March 24, 2019 // 1 Comment

SOMETIMES IT’S IMPORTANT to just get off your butt, stick your hand in the air and say you’re on the side of love and humanity. “All the people showing up today, [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – SNC, JWR, budget day, and all I want is my lasagna

March 23, 2019 // 4 Comments

Even though the Conservative filibuster is being explained to us as a political ploy or even rebellion, what it ended up being about was the Conservatives actually voting to [Continue]

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]