Local Voices

KNOX – Customers are feeling boxed in by Canada Post’s fuel surcharges

December 4, 2022 // 3 Comments

I MAILED A PAPERBACK to Edmonton last week. The postage cost $21, more than the book itself. No, I told the postal clerk, I don’t want you to charter a jet and read it to [Continue]

PETERS – The cost to acquire Connor Bedard too rich for the Blazers

December 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

AT THE RISK OF FURTHER ANGERING Regina Pats coach and GM John Paddock, we’re going to talk more about a potential trade for Connor Bedard. That’s all right — I consider [Continue]

COLLINS – Smith’s Sovereignty Act gambit a sad omen for democracy

December 2, 2022 // 2 Comments

I THOUGHT B.C. PREMIER DAVID EBY was being dictatorial in his plans to force municipalities to bend to the province in dealing with building affordable housing, absolving [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Poilievre repeats misinformation about the drug supply

December 1, 2022 // 1 Comment

I JUST WATCHED Conservative leader Poilievre’s tacky video set in front of a tent city in Vancouver. For dramatic effect, his video is interspersed with drive-by shots of [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kelson Hall the beginning of a transformation in downtown Kamloops

November 30, 2022 // 2 Comments

THE DOWNTOWN of Kamloops is being transformed. On Monday, Kelson Hall was officially opened. What was a bunker style building for Telus equipment at 330 St. Paul Street [Continue]

KNOX – After Holodomor, more grim history for Ukrainians to pass down

November 27, 2022 // 1 Comment

IT WAS THE FROST-DAMAGED POTATOES that saved Iryna Starostina’s starving grandparents. They had buried and forgotten about the vegetables but dug them up after the Soviets [Continue]