Local Voices

KNOX – On the anniversary of the horror in Nagasaki, a story of survival

August 13, 2017 // 1 Comment

LAST WEEKEND, Rudi Hoenson planted a seedling in Oak Bay. It came from a tree that, improbably, survived a nuclear blast in Japan — just like Rudi himself. You might have [Continue]

NEWSTROM – Getting acquainted with a very deer resident of Princeton

August 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

THIS COLUMN is reflexive. By that I mean it reflects the values and experiences even the fox-paws of the writer, me, Elon Newstrom. We also comprehend that raw experience is [Continue]

PETERS – Enjoy Ribfest… or don’t

August 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

Dr. MICHAEL MEHTA is a reasonable man. An expert in his field of environmental studies, he presents a unique perspective that not all of us hold, but he deserves to be heard [Continue]

COLLINS – Some people always take the time to care

August 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

SOME PEOPLEe care about people. They are just built to put you in a position where you feel good about talking to them, and they always seem to respond no matter how busy [Continue]

FORSETH – NDP opposition to pipeline could kill high-paying union jobs

August 10, 2017 // 7 Comments

NOT eco-extremists … NOT eco- terrorists … BUT certainly the BC NDP, propped up by Andrew Weavers Green Party, could perhaps now be called eco-radicals! What else [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Good riddance, B.C. LNG

August 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

THERE WERE lots of things wrong with former Premier Christy Clark’s plan to produce liquefied natural gas but let me start with the good. At least it was a plan that labour [Continue]