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CHARBONNEAU – Export of hydrogen to Germany by 2025 is a pipedream

August 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

I ADMIRE GERMANY for doing so much to reduce greenhouse gases. Too bad that the initiative has left them dependent on the import of natural gas — half of it from Russia. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – As inflation soars, timing for a BCGEU strike isn’t the best

August 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S NEVER A GOOD TIME for unions to strike but certain times are worse than others. The B.C. General Employees’ Union is in the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Weeding out the non-starters in civic election platforms

August 23, 2022 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MORE AND MORE, the key issue in the October civic election in Kamloops is becoming clear. It certainly won’t be subsidizing student [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Soaring prices have four-in-five pinching pennies

August 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE August 22, 2022 – Statistics Canada may have reported cooling inflation rates in recent days, but the summer of price increases continues to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Mercy killing may be on a slippery slope toward expediency

August 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IS DOCTOR-ASSISTED SUICIDE becoming too easy? That’s a legitimate fear given what’s been going on lately. Stories have emerged of [Continue]

PETERS – Nostalgia is powerful but is it enough to sustain a Zellers revival?

August 20, 2022 // 1 Comment

THE NEWS OF THE ZELLERS REVIVAL engendered such an excited response this week, you would think this place was retail utopia. Unique products at rock-bottom prices in a [Continue]