Local Voices

GINTA – There’s no excuse for feeding our kids junk food in school

September 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

A FEW YEARS ago, when my sons were still in public school (now homeschooled), we would get a lunch program to peruse and choose from if we wanted to. We chose nothing, not [Continue]

KNOX – Status quo is main factor in who pays for hospital parking

September 10, 2017 // 3 Comments

WHEN CAMPBELL RIVER’S brand new hospital is unveiled today (Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017), one of the planned features will be missing: pay parking. Ditto for the new [Continue]

COLLINS – A Liberal Speaker – who would have thunk it?

September 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE ELECTION of B.C. Liberal MLA Darryl Plecas as Speaker of the Legislature Friday was interesting on so many fronts. First of all, it certainly got around the NDP/Green [Continue]

PETERS – Public safety ignored in Schoenborn decision

September 8, 2017 // 2 Comments

WHEN THE JUSTIC system deals with someone like Allan Schoenborn, public safety must be its number one concern. The system has already decided to treat the man who killed his [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Help fentanyl labs make a safer drug

September 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

ILLEGAL FENTANYL lab operators don’t intend to kill users. They would prefer to have return customers. The problem, I suspect, is that the fentanyl used is so concentrated [Continue]

COLLINS – What were they thinking with some of those intersections?

September 6, 2017 // 1 Comment

I OFTEN QUESTION how decisions are made regarding the design of intersections in the city. Especially where they involve properties that are in a difficult spot. It is not [Continue]