KNOX – The real face of poverty isn’t always the one we imagine
HERE’S WHAT happened during the tent-city saga: The least sympathetic face of poverty became the dominant one. Violence, theft, drug use, squalor — to much of the [Continue]
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IN THE HOUSE – Liberals should enforce first nations transparency
A Question Period exchange this week (Nov. 21-25, 2016) involving Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod on financial transparency by first nations. Cathy McLeod [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Bad law stifles freedom of the press
THEY SHOULD have called it the Suppression of Freedom of the Press Act. Instead, the Harper Government called it the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act. It was [Continue]
FORSETH – The sad equation that leads to closure of rural schools
THE LATEST from the B.C. government says that it is ” … seeking public input on rural education as part of a strategy being created by Parliamentary Secretary for [Continue]
GINTA – Social conscience should be on this year’s Christmas wish list
EXACTLY FOUR DAYS ago my family and I moved from one area of Kamloops to another. Before packing up the house we selected the items we no longer use but are still in good [Continue]
FORSETH – Some questions for those who would like to be our next MLA
WITH SIX MONTHS still to go until the next provincial election in British Columbia, I’m already asking myself, “Who will I vote for? Will there be a candidate I [Continue]
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