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COLLINS – To heck with protocol, we need another election in B.C.

June 12, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT HASN’T taken John Horgan long to want to grasp the reins of power in British Columbia. Shortly after the election, Horgan was all smiles and congeniality, having led [Continue]

PETERS – While B.C. parents save their pennies, Alberta funds playgrounds

June 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

FINALLY, a government appears to understand something about what a young child needs when he or she goes to school. It’s not just about smaller classes and adequate [Continue]

NEWSTROM – Still trying to figure out God and quantum physics

June 11, 2017 // 1 Comment

SOME OF THESE columns waterslide out of my brain and down my fingers. This usually happens when I have been startled in a crosswalk and yelled at by God. Or it can happen [Continue]

KNOX – Today, class, we’ll have a test on current events

June 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

GOOD MORNING, class. Today, we’ll focus on current events. Please write brief essays, based on the past week’s news. • After three weeks of nailbiting tension, Andrew [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – ‘A terribly flawed and irresponsible bill’

June 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

Excerpt from a speech in the House of Commons this week by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod: WHAT WE HAVE is Bill C-24, which is an act to amend the Salaries Act and [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – TPP rises from the ashes

June 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

RUMOURS OF the death of the TPP are greatly exaggerated. After President Trump announced U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, I congratulated him: “Thank [Continue]