Local Voices

McQUARRIE – We need to think outside the box on growing our local economy

August 2, 2017 // 1 Comment

BACK AROUND 2008, I was asked for my thoughts on the local economy and what new ideas I might have about diversifying our economy. Everyone else at the table was talking high [Continue]

GINTA – How elusive is social conscience? Depends how we shape it…

July 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

WHAT MAKES some people offer their homes to wildfire evacuees, donate money and goods, and even go and spend long nights snuggling terrified pets, while others do the exact [Continue]

FORSETH – Take B.C. politics out of the back rooms, give it back to the people

July 31, 2017 // 1 Comment

THE OTHER DAY a B.C. political acquaintance, Sean Upshaw, and I had an online / offline conversation. This followed up on my blog post of Saturday, July 29 entitled, [Continue]

COLLINS – It’s time to lower the boom on people who cause wildfires

July 31, 2017 // 3 Comments

THE NUMBER of fires caused by discarded cigarettes is escalating, and there is no question that no matter how wildfires are started, except those caused by Mother Nature of [Continue]

FORSETH – Good-bye, Christy, let the next chapter in B.C. politics begin

July 30, 2017 // 1 Comment

EARLY IN THE MORNING Friday, I go outside to work in the yard and the next thing I know Christy Clark had resigned. Let me tell you, if I’d known sooner, that was all [Continue]

KNOX – The people of Kamloops really know how to throw an Apocalypse

July 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

GIVE THIS to the people of Kamloops: They know how to throw an Apocalypse. When the wildfires hit and the evacuees poured in — thousands of them from such places as [Continue]