Local Voices

GINTA – Why do pit bulls get more public attention than abused children?

October 7, 2016 // 1 Comment

SINCE 2011, at least 233 children between the ages of three and 18 have been subjected to sexual abuse while in foster care. That is in British Columbia alone. The majority [Continue]

FORSETH – The strengths and weaknesses of B.C.’s political parties

October 6, 2016 // 3 Comments

A COUPLE of days ago a fellow former B.C. Conservative posed a question(s) to me regarding the organizational strengths and weaknesses of each of the four political parties [Continue]

McLEOD – Will First Nations have a veto over job-creating projects?

October 6, 2016 // 1 Comment

Excerpt from comments by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in Parliament on Wednesday (Oct. 5, 2016) evening at 7:25 p.m. Mr. Speaker, as I follow up on a question I [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The ruin of BC Hydro by the Campbell Liberals

October 6, 2016 // 3 Comments

IT WASN’T an easy birth. The private companies opposed it. It took the vision of one man to bring BC Hydro into existence in1961. Before that, a patchwork of power [Continue]

KNOX – Royal children and their playmates were just ‘kids in the park’

October 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

CADBORO BAY’s Gyro Park wasn’t terribly busy when Christine Wickes took two-year-old Brynn there Monday. Brynn found a playmate, though. She climbed the octopus [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The mayor, our employee, should cut the strings with City Hall and get on with his dream

October 5, 2016 // 7 Comments

LET’S SUPPOSE, just for a moment, that I work for you. I know, it’s a scary thought for both of us but hang in there and for the sake of this column we’ll just [Continue]