BEPPLE – Kudos to Canada for signing compact on safe migration
FEDERAL OPPOSITION Leader Andrew Scheer and his band of Conservatives are playing divisive politics at the expense of people seeking asylum in Canada. On Monday, Canada, [Continue]
Local Voices
CHARBONNEAU – Blueberries march north to B.C., then south again
BLUEBERRIES HAVE ARRIVED arrived from Peru in my local store. Next they’ll be coming from Chile, then Mexico. As spring moves north, they will arrive from Florida. Then [Continue]
FORSETH – Just one issue in free, and not so free, interprovincial trade
IN DECEMBER 2014, federal, provincial and territorial governments began negotiations to strengthen and modernize the Agreement on Internal Trade – which last year (July 1, [Continue]
BEPPLE – Yes, the auto sector is hurting but don’t forget our forest industry
LAST WEEK’S announcement of GM’s Oshawa plant made national news. Bad news for the 3,000 workers directly laid off. Bad news for their families, and for workers [Continue]
IN THE HOUSE – Blame for Trans Mountain delay squarely on Liberals
Excerpts from a speech by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in the House of Commons on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018: WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER took office, there were three [Continue]
GINTA – Let’s put the issue of school bus safety on Santa’s list
A FEW DAYS AGO, a school bus carrying ten youth and two adults was involved in an accident near Cache Creek. Fortunately, everyone survived; one person had critical, but [Continue]
