Local Voices

McQUARRIE – Climate change, like a cancer, grows if we simply do nothing

May 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

LAST WEEK I wrote about the choices we have between denial or acceptance of climate change. In the comments that followed, those unable or unwilling to accept climate change [Continue]

GINTA – The many wonders of dandelions and other wildflowers

May 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT IS FINALLY here. The warmth we’ve all been looking forward to after a long-drawn winter. Hills are dressed in emerald green, and peppered with abundant bunches of [Continue]

VIEWPOINT – Immigration impacts host countries in different ways

May 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

LIVING IN a multicultural society could be a main reason for accepting others. And accepting others could be a main reason for having a multicultural society. It has been [Continue]

FORSETH – Do jobs matter more than repairing broken trust?

May 8, 2017 // 8 Comments

ON APRIL 19, I wrote a piece entitled “I CAN’T support that kind of campaign, or a party that would allow a leadership team to okay that kind of [Continue]

KNOX – Still undecided? Here’s a go-to guide for how to vote on May 9

May 7, 2017 // 2 Comments

STILL NOT SURE how to vote? To find where you fit on the political spectrum, try answering the questions in Jack’s Vote Compass. You’re welcome. Declaring that Canada has [Continue]

PETERS – Kamloops-North Thompson riding deserves a resident MLA

May 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

WE KEEP HARPING on this, but certainly it deserved to pointed out: once again after next Tuesday, Kamloops-North Thompson will have an MLA who doesn’t live there. [Continue]