Local Voices

IN THE LEDGE – Will Kamloops-South Thompson be rural or urban under PR?

November 19, 2018 // 2 Comments

Debate between Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone and Premier John Horgan during Question Period on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. T. Stone: There remain dozens of details that [Continue]

GINTA – What’s the best way to deal with a lack of empathy?

November 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

EVERY NOW AND THEN certain news makes me go silent. ‘How is that possible?’ is all I can think. Such was the case of the recent break-ins (yes plural, since it happened [Continue]

KNOX – A month after legalization, the feared potocalypse has yet to appear

November 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

THE MORNING AFTER Canada legalized recreational marijuana, I ran into Tommy Chong at the Victoria airport. Knowing the 80-year-old pot icon had flown in the day before for an [Continue]

PETERS – In an age when we know all the answers, we still love a mystery

November 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

WITH ALL OF THE world’s knowledge now available on the internet, it can be kind of jarring to come across an answer we don’t immediately know. Harprit Singh sent [Continue]

MILOBAR – Don’t be fooled by PR’s claims about sunshine and roses

November 16, 2018 // 10 Comments

By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson THE PRO-PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION (PR) campaigners in this province will have you believe that changing B.C.’s electoral [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – StatsCan and the politicization of information gathering

November 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

STATSCAN NEEDS to update its operating system and reboot. They now operate on a paper system in which only 40 per cent of surveys on spending habits are returned. Those that [Continue]