Local Voices

BEPPLE – Here in cattle country, our ranches are becoming endangered

October 3, 2018 // 6 Comments

IF EVER KAMLOOPS thought it had shed its Cowtown past, Tuesday that delusion was cast aside. There was a cow on the Highway 1 bypass, blocking traffic near the Peterson [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Will the minister come clean on the cost of labour deals?

October 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

Debate during Question Period on Oct. 1, 2018 between MLAs Peter Milobar, Todd Stone and Transportation Minister Claire Trevena on the cost of Community Benefits Agreements [Continue]

FORSETH – The case for considering legal aid an essential public service

October 2, 2018 // 2 Comments

WE ARE CURRENTLY in the midst of Access to Justice Week, to which B.C. Attorney General David Eb, stated he was thrilled at its creation and welcomed to all who have “… [Continue]

GINTA – Why are we so opposed to saving nature?

October 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

IT IS HARD TO TRY to change people’s minds even when the cause is more than worthy. Not when it comes to the material part though. There are marketing wizards out there [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Transfer of killer to healing lodge ‘is absolutely absurd’

September 30, 2018 // 5 Comments

Debate during Question Period on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 on the transfer of conviced killer Terri-Lynne McClintic from a medium-security prison to an indigenous healing lodge [Continue]

FORSETH – There are some things people shouldn’t be allowed to Google

September 30, 2018 // 1 Comment

A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK I came out of a medical appointment to hear Dr. John Harding, a medical health officer with Vancouver Coastal Health, speaking on the CBC Noon hour [Continue]