Local Voices

FORSETH – Eby’s government still clueless on financial stewardship

September 15, 2025 // 3 Comments

ONCE AGAIN, the BC NDP, and Finance Minister Brenda Bailey, have shown their ineptness in being able to care for the finances of our province. Just a mere six months ago [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – I have no right to spread disease

September 11, 2025 // 0 Comments

THE CULT OF INDIVIDUALISM leads us to believe we can do anything we want. But when it comes to public health, the rights of individuals to spread disease are scondary. If I [Continue]

FORSETH – The absolute nonsense being spouted by the anti-vaxxers

September 6, 2025 // 2 Comments

FRIDAY, an on-line friend, and co-moderator with me on the Politics and More in B.C. and Across Canada Facebook page, wrote a commentary; “Florida Drops all vaccine [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The right to repair your own stuff is gaining traction

September 4, 2025 // 3 Comments

I LIKE TO repair things. I’ve pulled engines apart. I used to darn my own socks. After my washing machine started to wobble, I phoned a repair guy and described the [Continue]

STONIER-NEWMAN – My Labour Day salute to our handyDART drivers

September 1, 2025 // 1 Comment

IN THIS DAY and age, how do we celebrate Labour Day and recognize those who ‘labour’ on our personal and the economy’s behalf? Originally, on Labour Day in [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The curtain is pulled from AI magic

August 28, 2025 // 0 Comments

I’M FASCINATED by how AI systems work, such as ChatGPT. They are called Large Language Models (LLM) for a good reason. They are trained on billions of web pages and [Continue]