Local Voices

CHARBONNEAU – Supreme Court backs British Columbia’s teachers

November 17, 2016 // 1 Comment

THE GOVERNMENT of B.C. has lost its battle with teachers and education will improve as a result. Education spending in B.C. is now the second lowest per student in Canada. It [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Kamloops may be the first Canadian casualty of U.S. election

November 16, 2016 // 9 Comments

THE AMERICAN election is done; the votes counted, the outcome a fait accompli and the first serious Canadian casualty may be Kamloops. In particular, as America begins [Continue]

FORSETH – Finally, a news outlet calls BS on government news releases

November 14, 2016 // 6 Comments

TWO THINGS caught my eye today, that has spurred on my post today. One was the fact that the Tri-City News has decided to trash media releases from the B.C. government, that [Continue]

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]