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LETTER – Decriminalization won’t do anything about drug overdoses

February 6, 2023 // 1 Comment

Re: Drug decriminalization pilot project might be wishful thinking You rightly point out that other jurisdictions that have pursued decriminalization have not realized the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Conflict of interest rulings should be removed from the courts

February 6, 2023 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S HIGH TIME to revamp the rules of conflict of interest for civic governments in B.C. While definitions of conflict of interest have [Continue]

COLLINS – Next step in the mayor’s saga comes tomorrow

February 5, 2023 // 6 Comments

TOMORROW NIGHT (Feb. 6), the Board of Education for School District 73 jumps into the best-seller, The Saga of RHJ. The mayor, who has already jumped into the mud with [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Things are seriously out of order around council horseshoe

February 4, 2023 // 4 Comments

‘YOU’RE OUT OF ORDER! You’re out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They’re out of order!” That’s from one of my favourite Al Pacino movie speeches. I [Continue]

PETERS – Decriminalization is a big paradigm shift — but a much more subtle change in practice

February 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

THE DECISION TO DECRIMINALIZE POSSESSION of small amounts of hard drugs shouldn’t be seen as either the end of the world, nor the magic bullet that will finally bring the [Continue]

STONE – ‘Better is possible’ in doing something about B.C.’s toxic drug crisis

February 4, 2023 // 1 Comment

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson THIS WEEK, the B.C. Coroners Service released year-end numbers that showed 2,272 lives were lost to a toxic drug overdose in 2022. [Continue]