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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]

McQUARRIE – Politicians can’t be friends with everybody all the time

November 2, 2016 // 11 Comments

“WHY CAN’T we all just be friends”, was once a favourite phrase and the go-to conflict resolution strategy of a family friend. Over time though, she came to realize [Continue]

FORSETH – Will a B.C. Only party rise from the rubble of BC Conservatives?

October 31, 2016 // 3 Comments

UNTIL EARLY in the week of Oct. 23, a very interesting scenario, in B.C. politics, was being set up. What you say? Well, it appeared, at least at first glance, that perhaps [Continue]

KNOX – ‘Bite me’ the latest episode in Municipal Councils Behaving Badly

October 30, 2016 // 1 Comment

ON THIS WEEK’S episode of Municipal Councils Behaving Badly, we give you Nanaimo. We all enjoy a good horror story at Halloween. To make a long story short, the video [Continue]

GINTA – Environmentally speaking, we’re really, really messing things up

October 28, 2016 // 1 Comment

THE LAST TWO weeks have been tragic in many ways. If you’ve read the news and are perhaps waiting for something positive on the diesel spill near Bella Bella, you most [Continue]

FORSETH – Charge those who peddle illegal fentanyl with manslaughter

October 28, 2016 // 2 Comments

THIS WEEK BROUGHT US more news on the fentanyl front. In a story from the Victoria Times Colonist, it was said that “B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake lies awake at night [Continue]