PETERS – High school students lead movement for change in Merritt
Merritt council’s rejection of a rainbow crosswalk request has sent a clear message to a segment of its population – and young people, no less WHEN HIGH SCHOOL [Continue]
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IN THE LEDGE – ‘Are school districts going to have to turn off the lights?’
Debate in the Legislature during Question Period on Thursday, March 1, 2018, between Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone and Education Minister Rob Fleming. T. Stone: Last [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The titans of technology have feet of clay
TECHNOLOGY SEEMS unstoppable. The accumulated wealth of the Big Five: Apple, Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon, have a combined value of $4 [Continue]
IN THE HOUSE – ‘Is it appropriate our senior care homes are owned by China?’
Debate in the House during Question Period on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. Cathy McLeod, Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo (Conservative) Mr. Speaker, last February, we warned the [Continue]
IN THE LEDGE – ‘Preserving languages a higher priority than extra policing?’
Excerpt from a speech by Liberal MLA Mike Morris (Prince George-Mackenzie) on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 during debate on the provincial budget: M. Morris: In examining the budget [Continue]
IN THE HOUSE – ‘People’s Republic of China is now our seniors’ landlord’
Debate in the House of Commons during Question Period on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018: Cathy McLeod Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo (Conservative) Mr. Speaker, last June I asked the [Continue]
