McQUARRIE – Where’s Jagmeet Singh in the controversy over G7?
AS A RESULT of the Trump debacle at last weekend’s G7 meeting, I have a number of questions and concerns and the first one is a bit like the “Where’s Waldo” game. [Continue]
Local Voices
GINTA – Our wacky weather – let’s always consider the big picture
SUNDAY MORNING was a chilly, rainy one. We hiked as we usually do with the dog; the air was crisp and the surroundings greener. The few people we met along the way had [Continue]
KNOX – Oprah, or maybe John Travolta, buys into the neighbourhood
OPRAH IS MOVING next door. She just paid $8.3 million US ($6.7 gazillion Cdn) for a 43-acre compound on Washington’s Orcas Island, 35 kilometres east of Sidney. The news [Continue]
IN THE HOUSE – ‘When will finance minister answer questions on wildfires?
House of Commons debate in Question Period on Friday, June 8, 2018. Cathy McLeod, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC Mr. Speaker, a year ago, B.C. suffered the worst wildfires [Continue]
PETERS – In the Gold Trail white privilege debate, both sides are right
THE DEBATE OVER WHITE PRIVILEGE has reached a tipping point in Ashcroft and Cache Creek. When Gold Trail School District Superintendent Teresa Downs and her administration [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Empty pipelines make good monuments and spill no oil
THE KINDER MORGAN pipeline should be built for the same reason as the pyramids – as a national monument. The pyramids employed workers but served no practical purpose other [Continue]
