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CHARBONNEAU – Trying to slow the exodus from Canada’s big cities

January 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING Corproation (CMHC) is attempting to curb the outflow from big cities. Toronto saw a net loss of 50,375 last year as people moved to surrounding [Continue]

EDITORIAL – No thanks to so-called ‘opt-out’ organ and tissue donations

January 21, 2021 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO-CALLED ‘OPT-OUT’ ORGAN DONATIONS are coming to North America, thanks to Nova Scotia. The government of that province has introduced [Continue]

BEPPLE – It’s time for TNRD to invite region’s First Nations to the table

January 20, 2021 // 8 Comments

GO TO ANY SETTLER TOWN or city in B.C., and there will be a First Nations community close by. The same can be said within the Thompson Nicola Regional District. In [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The Trump presidency is dead; long live a return to decency

January 20, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. It’s official. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States today at an inaugural that went off with [Continue]

GINTA – The last thing we want to deal with in a pandemic is selfishness

January 19, 2021 // 1 Comment

IF THIS FEELS LIKE déjà vu… well, it is. Part of it anyway. The part about people choosing to gather in large numbers in the streets to protest, yet again, masks and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Site C looks more and more like a mega project doomed to fail

January 19, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE SITE C DAM was always a failure waiting to happen and it looks like the wait may be over. Premier John Horgan has hired more experts to [Continue]