CHARBONNEAU – Closure of the Vavenby mill was so predictable
WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED the collapse of the B.C. forestry industry 15 years ago? Bob Simpson, that’s who. Back then the NDP MLA for Cariboo North was derided by the BC [Continue]
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McQUARRIE – Being ‘busy’ is not a badge of honour or proof of importance
HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU HEARD or maybe even used the excuse that begins with, “Sorry I’m late but I’ve just been so busy”? It is today’s most overused excuse [Continue]
JOHNSON – Railcars are rolling, the pipeline build has already begun
By DAVID JOHNSON TODAY I WATCHED as trucks stacked with the actual pipe, leave the storage yard on Mission Flats road in Kamloops, and head out towards the next construction [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – We’re making things too easy on our kids, and it’s not fair
WE’RE RUINING OUR KIDS, turning them into a bunch of confused, pampered wimps. We fight their fights in sports, in their education, in every aspect of their social [Continue]
PETERS – Safe return home of missing man gives us reason to keep hoping
IF NEWS IS SUPPOSED TO BE stories that are unexpected or out of the ordinary, then the biggest news story of the week wasn’t the approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – McLure Ferry’s 100th brings back memories of river tragedy
THE 100th ANNIVERSARY of the McLure Ferry is being celebrated this summer, though it’s actually been in operation almost 20 years longer than that. The date being used as [Continue]
