Local Voices

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]

McQUARRIE – Is economic decline the product of slow and steady leadership?

August 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

I SOMETIMES wonder if I’d have anything to write about on our local economy were it not for Ajax. What if 15 or so years ago, the City had set course on a different path? [Continue]