Local Voices

GINTA – Waiting until after Nov. 11 to put up Christmas decorations is the least we can do for veterans

November 11, 2016 // 2 Comments

IT WAS EXACTLY on Nov. 1 that some of the neighbourhood pumpkins showed a last candle-less unglamorous grin before they were replaced with Christmas light garlands. An early [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The high cost of failure to rehabilitate sex offenders

November 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

NO ONE WANTS a sex offender living in their neighbourhood because they are a menace to society. The assumption is that they are incurable; that their impulses are so strong [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The end of oil dependency is only a motion away

November 9, 2016 // 3 Comments

WHAT WOULD happen if Canada’s and therefore B.C.’s natural resources were no longer as strongly valued or even needed by the rest of the world? Over the decades we’ve [Continue]

FORSETH – BC Liberals’ claim to be ‘spending within our means’ doesn’t hold up under scrutiny of the facts

November 7, 2016 // 1 Comment

THIS PAST WEEKEND the BC Liberals met in Vancouver, and by all accounts, it lived up to the expectations of a being a Rah-Rah-Rah cheerleading session, leading into next [Continue]

GINTA – Water for pigs and other crimes against society

November 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

(Anita Krajnc/Facebook) A FEW WEEKS AGO, an Ontario woman (a known animal activist) gave water to a few pigs headed for the slaughterhouse. The pigs were in a truck and the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Is spending on B.C. education really at ‘record levels?’

November 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

THE BC LIBERALS claim in a fact sheet that spending on education is at record levels. A reality check shows otherwise. Sure, spending is up if you consider only dollar [Continue]