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McQUARRIE – Lefty-righty labels don’t apply to free enterprise any more

October 19, 2016 // 2 Comments

I’M SOMETIMES asked, as I was last week, about my bias to the left of the political spectrum. Some may even be a bit confused, wondering how I can possibly write opinion [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Rural communities will be badly hurt if softwood lumber issue with U.S. isn’t resolved

October 18, 2016 // 2 Comments

Excerpts from a speech by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod during debate in the House of Commons Oct. 17, 2016 on an Opposition motion on the Softwood Lumber [Continue]

KNOX – In the light of good people, some relief from the dark

October 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

THE DUTCH government just honoured Rudi Hoenson and the timing — Thanksgiving — couldn’t be better. You might never meet someone with so much cause to be bitter, but so [Continue]

GINTA – Rethinking our eating habits can’t happen soon enough

October 14, 2016 // 3 Comments

WHENEVER we happen to have a meal out, we opt for water instead of any sweetened beverages. Often enough we get an extra question regarding the boys. ‘Them too, water?’ [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Seeing red in food dyes

October 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

THEY HAVE no nutritional value; they are completely unnecessary; and they are harmful to health. Yet food dyes are added in growing amounts. If you read food labels, as I do, [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The foolishness of the make-believe ‘revenue-neutral’ carbon tax

October 12, 2016 // 3 Comments

IN THIS COLUMN I’ll be talking about British Columbia’s carbon tax. But wait. Don’t click on and close this tab quite yet, as the next 700 or so words won’t [Continue]