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ZELENSKY TO CANADA – ‘We want to live; we want to have peace’

March 15, 2022 // 1 Comment

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke via video link today to the Canadian Parliament. Here is the translation of his speech: Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – In the name of humanity, when will we say ‘No more’ to Putin?

March 15, 2022 // 10 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW MANY bombed-out maternity hospitals will it take? How many destroyed apartment buildings, flattened shopping centres, public buildings? [Continue]

EDITORIAL – BC Hydro better have some bright ideas on those blinding LED lights

March 14, 2022 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ANYBODY WHO’S EVER DRIVEN into the piercing glare of LED headlights on an oncoming vehicle knows the problem with LED. They may last [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Are we leaving COVID behind, or just ignoring it?

March 12, 2022 // 1 Comment

I’M NOT READY to leave home. Sure, I’m OK sitting in a coffee shop or walking down the street but I’d still feel uncomfortable squeezed cheek by jowl with a crowd at a [Continue]

PETERS – Response to overdose crisis should include cabinet shuffle

March 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

THE NDP GOVERNMENT theme its newly released provincial budget ‘Better Together,’ suggesting a collaborative approach would help address the many issues facing British [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Premier shrugs and does nothing about high gas prices

March 11, 2022 // 1 Comment

Excerpt from a debate in the B.C. Legislature on Thursday, March 10, 2022 between Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone and Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Minister [Continue]