Local Voices

PETERS – Could Canada be ripe for Trump’s brand of divisive politics?

January 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

I AM FULLY willing to admit when I screwed up, and here is a pretty obvious example. I had no inkling that Donald Trump could win the presidency. I was fully confident that a [Continue]

KNOX – Life after the inauguration of Donald Trump: So far, so good

January 22, 2017 // 1 Comment

“IT’S DARK and I’m cold,” I said. “Is this the nuclear winter?” “No,” she said. “The sun rose this morning. Come out from under the bed.” “Has he [Continue]

FORSETH – Naloxone kits have done little to stem the tide of drug deaths

January 20, 2017 // 6 Comments

A B.C. GOVERNMENT media release Wednesday from Public Safety and the Solicitor General had the following headline: “Year-End Illicit Drug Death Numbers.” What [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Either Canada is a young country, or I’m old

January 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

CANADA is a young country. Or I’m old. Canada is 150 years old this year. Since I’m one-half that age, Canada must be a young country. Or I’m old. It must be the [Continue]

FORSETH – Two things that prove B.C.’s NDP still haven’t learned

January 19, 2017 // 3 Comments

FOLLOWING THE 2013 provincial general election, and Adrian Dix’s flip-flop on Kinder Morgan (a.k.a. the Kinder Morgan Surprise), Tom Sigardson (the head of Unionized [Continue]

GINTA – Kamloops from up close – the things I’ve learned about being here

January 16, 2017 // 2 Comments

FIVE YEARS ago when my family and I relocated to Kamloops someone told me that unless you’ve been here a couple of decades or longer, you’re just not ‘Kamloopsian’ [Continue]