Local Voices

McQUARRIE – Teachers took wrong course on high school art vandalism

February 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

OKAY CLASS, settle down now and let’s get on with our lesson on permissive vandalism and how the rule of law and common sense can be suspended for those promoting social [Continue]

FORSETH – Good news! There is finally room for a Conservative party in B.C.

February 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

OR I GUESS I could have titled this commentary after the Little Texas song, “It’s Time To Be Loud and Proud.” Some might say (and indeed have done so) that [Continue]

GINTA – There should be no compromise on keeping waters clean

February 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

FEW THINGS are more unsettling than the words ‘coloured discharge’ or ‘sludgy brown cloud’ when attached to the state of a natural body of water, such as a river or a [Continue]

KNOX – Give this to Justin Trudeau: he shows up, and he doesn’t hide

February 4, 2018 // 3 Comments

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN Groundhog Day, but this wasn’t just another town hall as Justin Trudeau wound up his cross-Canada tour at Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island University on [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Vaping products that appeal to youth should be prohibited

February 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

Excerpts from comments by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in the House of Commons on Jan. 30, 2018 about Bill S-5, an act to amend the Tobacco Act and the [Continue]

PETERS – What could a leader from the Interior mean for the Interior?

February 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

TODD STONE must feel like the prettiest girl in the dance. That’s what it’s like when everyone’s looking at you, right? As the BC Liberal leadership wound [Continue]