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ROTHENBURGER – There’s no law that says politicians have to listen

October 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

DOES FREEDOM OF SPEECH include the right not to listen? If we refuse to listen to someone, are we violating their right to be heard? And what if we want to speak, but don’t [Continue]

HEIGHTON – Community policing is broken, we need to find solutions

October 20, 2018 // 3 Comments

By JEREMY HEIGHTON North Shore BIA THIS WEEK, I HAD to encourage a member to call the RCMP and press charges to have a squatter removed from his property. It was [Continue]

ELECTORAL CHANGE – Let us remember the word ‘democracy’ in every sense

October 19, 2018 // 2 Comments

Excerpts from a speech by Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett this week during debate in the Legislature on Bill 40, the Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Amendment Act. By [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The loneliness of the civic-election candidate

October 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

Campaigning is stressful, and there’s no more stressful time than the home stretch. At the same time, there’s a sort of relief that it will soon be over. I wrote [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Royal Proclamation of 1763 was basis for our constitution

October 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

MORE THAN A CENTURY before the confederation of Canada in 1867, the Royal Proclamation of 1763 established a basis of government in North America. Peter Russell, in his book [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Give high marks to candidates who’ve shown up

October 18, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO HOW TO DECIDE who to vote for in Saturday’s civic election? A lot goes on behind the scenes that affects the outcome. Door knocking, [Continue]