Local Voices

BEPPLE – Now is the time for stricter bylaws on open fires in rural areas

April 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

WHEN B.C. WILDFIRES start in March and go until at least October, is the term “Wildfire Season” even applicable anymore? In 2017, B.C. had its worst wildfire season on [Continue]

GINTA – Just give and the rest will take care of itself

April 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

A YEAR AGO, a horrible bus crash claimed 16 lives and left 13 others with lifelong injuries and trauma; their loved ones and so many people across the country still carry the [Continue]

KNOX – Is the climate-change battle worth higher gasoline prices?

April 7, 2019 // 2 Comments

HERE’S A QUESTION: If you knew — really believed — that higher gas prices would combat climate change, would you moan as much? Not that this week’s spike had much [Continue]

FORSETH – It’s too soon to start another federal party, even for Wilson-Raybould

April 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

I MET MARTYN BROWN shortly after the dying days of British Columbia’s Social Credit Party, following the 1991 provincial election. He was working with Jack Weisgerber, and [Continue]

PETERS – Our biosolids, our business – we should all be concerned about it

April 6, 2019 // 1 Comment

HUMANS HAVE NEVER BEEN especially good at dealing with our waste. We like to do silly things with our garbage like toss it out the window of our cars for someone else to [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Re-humanizing work a major challenge in high-tech world

April 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

MACHINES DO MANY THINGS BETTER THAN HUMANS – except being human. Advances in technology have always generated anxiety. Workers during the Industrial Revolution of the 18th [Continue]