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McQUARRIE – Social media users are fertile ground for data farmers

April 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

MANY OF YOU are probably not aware of this, but back in 2004, when Gmail was launched, Google would digitally scan your emails and based on what you had written, would [Continue]

GINTA – Wildlife deserves better, while there is still time

April 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

THE NEWS ABOUT the caribou in the South Selkirks read like a bad joke: only three animals left, all female. If none is pregnant…well, that would be that. It will be 19,000 [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘When will premier keep his promise on employers health tax?’

April 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

Debate in the Legislature on Monday, April 23, 2018 between Opposition Leader Andrew Wilkinson and Finance Minister Carole James: A. Wilkinson: I’m sure the incoming [Continue]

KNOX – Looking ahead to B.C. in 2019: driven crazy by Rachel Rockets

April 22, 2018 // 2 Comments

News item: Alberta is threatening to cut the flow of oil to B.C. in retaliation for B.C.’s attempts to block the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Victoria, 2019 [Continue]

PETERS – Monty Python predicted social media in the 1970s

April 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

NETFLIX recently added a whole host of goodies for Monty Python fans, including live performances and episodes of the original BBC television shows. Of course, that [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Being first doesn’t necessarily mean we do it best

April 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

WE ARRIVED in North America, in what is now Canada, 16,000 years ago. Within a few thousand years, three quarters of the continent’s large animals were gone. By “we,” I [Continue]