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KYLLO – Use of cellphones should be banned in B.C. classrooms

January 12, 2024 // 5 Comments

By GREG KYLLO MLA, Shuswap AS STUDENTS ACROSS THE PROVINCE settle back into the school routine following the winter break, parents want to ensure their kids are walking into [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Alberta’s wobbly electrical grid needs govt control

January 11, 2024 // 1 Comment

UNLIKE OTHER PROVINCES, Alberta has no central power grid administration. As a result, consumers are held hostage to the whims of the marketplace. Last year, retail prices [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Satisfaction with provincial governments crashes

January 10, 2024 // 3 Comments

BY ANGUS REID INSTITUTE One of the benefits history offers is perspective. In Canada, that history is unfolding day by day, year over year, and one of the stories being [Continue]

SUZUKI – Scientifically illiterate decision-makers endanger us all

January 10, 2024 // 2 Comments

CONSIDERING all the information on the internet, you’d think people would be better informed and able to assess the forces that affect our lives. That’s clearly [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We live in a cesspool of infection, and we are the prey

January 8, 2024 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE RAMPARTS of the temple have been breached. The invaders arrived in November and retreated in time for Christmas after a siege of a few [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Appointment of referee for council must be Job One in 2024

January 6, 2024 // 10 Comments

WE COULD USE some good news this year, considering that 2023 was, basically, crap cakes. For 2024 to be better, though, there’s a lot of baggage that needs to be cleaned [Continue]