Local Voices

MILOBAR – We need better than one-size-fits-all strategy on housing

April 14, 2023 // 1 Comment

By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson WORDS CANNOT put a roof over someone’s head. They cannot build a home for someone in need. And while I appreciate that the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Tech giants’ call for a pause of AI is self-serving

April 13, 2023 // 0 Comments

A LETTER FROM TECH GIANTS including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak warns of devastating effects of Artificial Intelligence systems: those with [Continue]

KNOX – Damn but it’s been a privilege to write this column for so long

April 9, 2023 // 6 Comments

LONG AGO, on my first day at the Times Colonist, I was toured around the building by an editor who cheerfully pointed out places where people had had sex. The cot in the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The word “Indigenous” is losing all meaning

April 7, 2023 // 1 Comment

AS ‘INDIGENOUS’ gains wider international acceptance, its meaning becomes less clear. The designation was accepted by the United Nations in 2007. A UN Declaration [Continue]

FORSETH – Who will pay for greenhouse carbon tax exemption? We will

April 2, 2023 // 6 Comments

A RISE IN THE CARBON TAX was no April Fools joke for the people of BC. Carbon taxes imposed by the Provincial and Federal governments will go from a current rate of $50 per [Continue]

KNOX – Seeking absolution on Email Debt Forgiveness Day

April 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

BACK IN THE BEFORE TIMES, in 2019, I wrote a column about a half-finished message that had been sitting in the drafts folder of my email for five years. The unsent message [Continue]