Local Voices

KNOX – Deer in city a sign of wildlife embracing urban pleasures

August 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

I DROVE UP TO my supposedly empty house, only to find the front door wide open. Burglar? No, I should be so lucky. I sighed. “What are you doing here, Buck?” Slumped in a [Continue]

PETERS – Summer is the perfect time for a technology detox

August 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

SUMMER’S NOT OVER YET. At least this summer got off the ground, unlike last year, when the B.C. Interior was shrouded in smoke and thousands lived in fear that their [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – ‘No jab, no pay’ vaccination law won’t work in Canada

August 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

AUSTRALIA HAS A BLUNT WAY of getting parents to vaccinate their children called “No Jab, No Pay.” As the name suggests, parents don’t receive welfare payments, tax [Continue]

BEPPLE – Be careful British Columbia, Alberta is coming on strong

August 1, 2018 // 10 Comments

AS CHANCE WOULD have it, I went on a road trip for work to Alberta a couple weeks back. I mainly went to smaller places: Jasper, Grande Cache, Grande Prairie, Slave Lake [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the weaponization of politics

July 31, 2018 // 1 Comment

“REVENGE IS A DISH best served cold.” No one is certain who first said these words but in the case of Premier Doug Ford of Ontario, it could be rewritten to say something [Continue]

GINTA – Can we get used to using less water, less plastic and less food?

July 30, 2018 // 2 Comments

I SAW THE DRY yellow pastures and lawns as soon as we got close to the ferry terminal. As if nothing but rain was to bring any water to the parched land. This was Salt Spring [Continue]