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IN THE LEDGE – Committee expects to discuss forensic audit of BC Housing

November 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

Remarks by MLAs Todd Stone and Peter Milobar yesterday (Nov. 24, 2022) during Question Period in the B.C. Legislature. T. Stone: Well, this last week has been full of [Continue]

POLICE – Search for stolen truck, suspects, led to shutdown of Coquihalla

November 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

A closure of the Coquihalla Highway yesterday was explained by Merritt RCMP today (Nov. 24, 2022). Here’s the news release: At approximately 12:15 RCMP officers from BC [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – 41% ‘somewhere in between’ on abortion issue

November 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE November 24, 2022 – It may often feel as though contemporary debates over abortion have fallen into a trap of simplicity in which the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why is violence rising more in some small towns than others?

November 24, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SMALL TOWN CANADA certainly isn’t what it used to be. Remember when we went to bed at night and didn’t worry about locking the doors? [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Is the 1.5C target on climate emergency still possible?

November 24, 2022 // 1 Comment

I’D LIKE TO FEEL OPTIMISTIC that we can limit the amount of carbon we are pumping into the atmosphere but a number of things are conspiring against a target of 1.5 C. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – In face of a big tax hike, zero-based budgeting is a must

November 23, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE to start a new job and have to tell the people who hired you they’ll need to pay more to run the business? That’s [Continue]