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EDITORIAL – B.C. Throne Speech was a declaration of independence from U.S.

February 18, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF ANY DOUBT was left that our lives in the foreseeable future will be heavily influenced by the man in orange, it was removed in [Continue]

JOHNSON – Would someone tell the B.C. government we don’t live in Vancouver?

February 18, 2025 // 2 Comments

REGARDING THE BC Speculation and Vacancy Tax Declaration we have all have to make before march. This has nothing to do with the details of the appropriateness of said tax, I [Continue]

FORSETH – Interprovincial trade remains tangled in protectionism

February 18, 2025 // 2 Comments

NOTE: The following column by Alan Forseth was first publish on March 4, 2019. He says that “Since then, there’s been little done to ensure that trade [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why we should be very proud of the Maple Leaf on flag day

February 15, 2025 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WITH MUCH PRIDE, I put our flag up last night, so it would greet National Flag of Canada Day bright and early. I love that flag; I install [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Aw shucks, America, no need to keep thanking us

February 14, 2025 // 1 Comment

The following column was first published Feb. 27, 1980 in the Kamloops News. JUST MAYBE, now that Pierre Trudeau is back in power, we can normalize relations with the States. [Continue]

FORSETH – Where is all that electric power going to come from?

February 14, 2025 // 14 Comments

ACCORDING TO a Nov. 28, 2024 Global News story, BC Hydro imported one quarter of the province’s power needs in the 12 previous months. The story stated that for the [Continue]