Local Voices

JOHNSON – The Olympics show a gnarly change is happening in Canada

February 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

ANOTHER OLYMPICS is done, medals are distributed, anthems heard, tears shed and everyone is headed home. I’m a huge fan of the Olympics in general, and I actually prefer [Continue]

KNOX – Snow angst, pipeline politics and remembering Arthur Black

February 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

WEDNESDAY, AS the first frightening flakes floated down in daintily deceptive fashion, this appeared on the City of Victoria’s Twitter account: “Due to snow, tonight’s [Continue]

PETERS – Olympic men’s hockey tournament was a half-measure

February 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

MY REACTION as a hockey fan and proud Canadian supporter to this morning’s men’s hockey loss was a little surprising to myself. I saw that Germany had defeated [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Canadian beavers weren’t always such hard workers

February 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

THE BEAVER exemplifies what it means to be Canadian. Rachel Poliquin puts it this way: “Humpbacked and portly, with an earnest and honest charm, beavers epitomize the [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘Why I’ve been walking around with both hands in my pockets’

February 22, 2018 // 1 Comment

Excerpt from a speech by Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar in the Legislature during debate on the B.C. budget, Feb. 22, 2018: P. Milobar: … Now, over the last [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘I believe I’ve answered this question, 10, 12, perhaps 13 times’

February 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

Debate during Question Period in the B.C. Legislature on Feb. 21, 2018 between BC Liberal environment critic Peter Milobar and Environment Minister George Heyman on the [Continue]