Local Voices

FORSETH – If protesters against Trans Mountain want to go to jail, let them

December 5, 2016 // 8 Comments

IS IT TOO LATE to weigh in on the Trans Mountain Pipeline now that it has been approved? I don’t think so. I, along with hundreds of thousands of Canadians, have long [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Thank you, Mr. Trump, for promising to kill the TPP

December 1, 2016 // 1 Comment

IT’S A RARE THING when the views of president-elect Trump and Canadian activists align as in their opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Trump has vowed to kill [Continue]

McQUARRIE – High-tech, resource industries, tourism can coexist

November 29, 2016 // 3 Comments

I’M A CURIOUS kind of guy and have noticed that whenever we talk about diversifying our local economy, the conversation quickly goes off track as people respond with [Continue]

GINTA – Saving bees one ban proposal at a time

November 28, 2016 // 1 Comment

DOWN THE STREET from where we live on the way to the trails there is a sign that says ‘Honey for sale’. I like that. We always buy local honey. We use beeswax candles [Continue]

KNOX – The real face of poverty isn’t always the one we imagine

November 27, 2016 // 1 Comment

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]

IN THE HOUSE – Liberals should enforce first nations transparency

November 26, 2016 // 2 Comments

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]