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STONE – Outrageous memo endorses illicit drug use in B.C. hospitals

April 5, 2024 // 6 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson RECENTLY, WE UNCOVERED a shocking memo sent to nurses that permits the use of drugs and weapons in hospital rooms.The entire memo [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Dread of drought and the psychology of water shortage

April 4, 2024 // 0 Comments

I WORRY about the drought. I never used to think much about snowpacks. The reported snowpack levels were about as interesting as the price of pork bellies. Now I nervously [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Safer supply drug diversion is greatly exaggerated

March 29, 2024 // 5 Comments

IT’S TRUE THAT some drugs given to addicts treated under B.C.’s safer supply program end up being sold on the street. But the scale of the problem is being inflated [Continue]

TEGART – Eby must halt the hike; carbon tax adds to financial struggles

March 29, 2024 // 1 Comment

By JACKIE TEGART MLA, Fraser-Nicola WITH DAVID EBY still planning to increase B.C.’s carbon tax on April 1, our BC United Caucus continues to call on the NDP to halt the [Continue]

FORSETH – Is Premier David Eby calling me an extremist?

March 23, 2024 // 6 Comments

AM I AN EXTREMIST … do I support an extremist party? I never thought so, but given the comments of B.C. Premier David Eby this week, perhaps I need to rethink that. In a [Continue]

PETERS – Caputo straddles line between smart politics, partisan rage baiting

March 23, 2024 // 1 Comment

‘TOUGH ON CRIME’ is a winning political strategy. Whatever your place on the political spectrum, you will typically agree with some basic statements about crime: there is [Continue]