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BEPPLE – No lives lost in latest wave of wildfires but what do we do next?

August 27, 2023 // 10 Comments

IF THERE WAS A GLIMMER of hope, it is that no lives were lost in this latest wave of unrelenting fires. Everyone got out. No firefighters lost their lives either. But with [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Community expertise needs to be brought into wildfire fight

August 26, 2023 // 4 Comments

HEROES OR FOOLS? Those who refuse to evacuate and who instead stay behind to defend their homes against wildfires are one or the other depending on your point of view. It [Continue]

PETERS – This message will self-destruct

August 26, 2023 // 0 Comments

GENERALLY, WE’RE LEARNING MORE and advancing as a society. The arc of history has moved in the direction of wiser decisions based on new discoveries, despite what some [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Roadblock confrontation between residents, police ends peacefully

August 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

No arrests were made and no charges are expected after a “large group” of people with food and supplies for an evacuated area of the North Shuswap were stopped at [Continue]

JOHNSON – The real reason wildfire victims aren’t allowed to stay and fight

August 24, 2023 // 5 Comments

JUST WHAT’S THE PROBLEM with ignoring an evacuation order and staying to fight a wildfire? “Im trying to save my house.” This very reasonable question has been [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why putting a cap on international students a bad idea

August 24, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OF ALL THE BAD IDEAS for increasing housing, telling foreign students to stay out of Canada might be the worst. “I think that’s one of [Continue]