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NEWSTROM – What does free birch firewood have to do with the brain?

April 11, 2017 // 1 Comment

BASHED FINGER really hurts. Thursday this last week I was on my way back from a tasty lunch at Motivos when I noticed the tree butchers on my rental property massacring [Continue]

THE MEDIA – Community papers survive by staying true to their roots

April 11, 2017 // 1 Comment

IN THE MANY thousands of words that have been written about the collapse of Canadian daily newspapers, there is a parallel good news story that has been untold. There are [Continue]

COLLINS – A letter to B.C.’s political leaders as the election gets underway

April 11, 2017 // 1 Comment

You have four weeks to really determine who can tread the fine line between what we need, and what we can afford HERE’S AN OPEN letter to B.C.’s political leaders, [Continue]

COLLINS – Talk about white noise, Mr. Armchair Mayor

April 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

The sudden influx of the usual pre-election attack ads is just as irritating as those endless government press releases MY FRIEND the Armchair Mayor wrote this week about the [Continue]

KNOX – With the provincial election about to begin, let the muck fly

April 9, 2017 // 1 Comment

I PLOPPED DOWN in front of the television, only to be confronted by a commercial featuring a wild-eyed man with horns growing out of his head. “The NDP’s John Horgan is [Continue]

FORSETH – Twigg says, ‘I can promise you it won’t be a boring campaign!’

April 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

WELL IT SEEMS like the B.C. Conservative Party leadership announcement ended up being much ado about nothing — perhaps? Maybe so, maybe not, as the leadership (being the [Continue]

PETERS – Political parties should stop saying they care about young voters

April 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

DID YOU CATCH that Pepsi ad that went viral this week? Has there ever been such a blatant attempt to reach young people made by those who clearly have no idea what [Continue]

ENERGY – Injecting some Positive Energy in a divisive national debate

April 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

By BILL WHITELAW President and CEO JuneWarren-Nickle’s Energy Group CALGARY – Monica Gattinger, a University of Ottawa scholar, is doing more to do advance constructive [Continue]

HEALTH – Sick and tired (and in pain) over health-care wait times

April 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

By BACCHUS BARUA Analyst The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER – The Canadian Institute for Health Information’s annual tracking of wait times for priority procedures is out and [Continue]

WHAT’S UP DOWNTOWN – Cappies on the job bright and early for Spring Cleaning fundraising drive

April 7, 2017 // 1 Comment

OH, SPRING – the time of year when you leave the house dressed for -4˚ and arrive home at 15˚. It seems too late to wear salt-stained Sorels, but too soon to switch [Continue]

CHIDIAC – Building digital bridges of tolerance and understanding

April 7, 2017 // 1 Comment

IN HIS BOOK The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey tells us that we should “seek first to understand and then to be understood.” It’s one of the key [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Tax loopholes: the good, the bad and the ugly

April 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE between a tax break and a tax loophole? Tax breaks are legitimate deductions that I make and loopholes are shady tax dodges that others use. [Continue]

MURPHY – Easter 1917 marked a First World War turning point

April 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

THANKS TO two specific First World War events, the days surrounding Easter 1917 were momentous. One of these events – the successful Canadian assault on Vimy Ridge – is [Continue]

FORSETH – B.C. Liberal government doesn’t even know where rural B.C. is

April 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

A RECENT B.C. Government News post from Donna Barnett (Ministry of State for Rural Development), indicated, “Province accepting applications to Rural Dividend Fund [Continue]