Local Voices

BEPPLE – Agencies that provide shelters make our community stronger for all

December 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

TODAY, ANOTHER cold winter shelter has opened. This newest shelter will be located in the Alliance Church at the north end of the Overlander Bridge. With all the other BC [Continue]

KNOX- 25 years later, I’m ready to forgive Martha for ruining Christmas

December 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

FOR THE RECORD, I no longer want Martha Stewart to die. Sure, I might have daydreamed about her catching a mild case of COVID, one that would – and here’s irony! – [Continue]

PETERS – Landfill search for Indigenous women’s remains worth honest effort

December 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

THE FRAUGHT RELATIONSHIP between Canada’s Indigenous people and this nation’s police reached another new low this week. Winnipeg’s police service revealed that the [Continue]

STONE – NDP’s infrastructure slogan should be ‘get less for more money’

December 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson THE NDP’S REPLACEMENT of the Cowichan District Hospital on Vancouver Island made all the wrong headlines this past week, when the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Smith is an amateur at separation compared to Quebec

December 8, 2022 // 1 Comment

ALBERTA’s PREMIER Danielle Smith is desperately trying to appeal to her populist base by introducing her loony sovereignty act. Smith is trailing NDP leader Rachel [Continue]

BEPPLE – Declaring conflicts of interest a normal part of the job on City council

December 7, 2022 // 1 Comment

DECLARING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST is a normal event during a B.C. city council meeting. In British Columbia, councils are governed by the Community Charter which was [Continue]