FORSETH – In politics, as in life, no defeat is ever permanent
SATURDAY BROUGHT interesting results, from all around the province, as polls closed at 8 p.m. on municipal and school board elections. For starters, Saturday’s civic [Continue]
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GINTA – Hope can reign supreme even under the most dire circumstances
I STARTED WRITING this column before Saturday. It was to be about the environmental mess we’re in, according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on [Continue]
KNOX – No reefer madness as legalization begins in Great Weed North
TOMMY CHONG almost didn’t make it to Victoria on Wednesday. The 80-year-old Canadian cannabis legend was scheduled to mark the first day of legalization in the Great Weed [Continue]
PETERS – Not a person in Kamloops could have defeated Ken Christian
THE CONCLUSION of Saturday’s mayoral election in Kamloops was as foregone as the conclusion to the movie Titanic. Ken Christian was going to defeat William Turnbull, [Continue]
HEIGHTON – Community policing is broken, we need to find solutions
By JEREMY HEIGHTON North Shore BIA THIS WEEK, I HAD to encourage a member to call the RCMP and press charges to have a squatter removed from his property. It was [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Royal Proclamation of 1763 was basis for our constitution
MORE THAN A CENTURY before the confederation of Canada in 1867, the Royal Proclamation of 1763 established a basis of government in North America. Peter Russell, in his book [Continue]
