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TOURISM – International visitors drive growth in British Columbia

July 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

Cruising along: Airport volumes are up, cruise ship traffic strong, hotel revenues on the rise, and food and drink sales growing By JOCK FINLAYSON and KRISTINE ST. LAURENT [Continue]

MEDIA – No news is not good news as newspapers continue to struggle

July 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

Don’t blame the Internet, embrace it as a means to deliver quality reporting to a broader audience By LEE HARDING Research fellow Frontier Centre for Public Policy THE [Continue]

POLICE – Woman killed on Peterson Creek Bridge is from Vernon

July 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

The person hit and killed by a transport truck on Peterson Creek Bridge on Friday afternoon is a woman from Vernon. The accident happened at 2:30 p.m. Police said today (July [Continue]

PETERS – One year later, it’s time for answers on Elephant Hill

July 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

ONE YEAR AGO. It started on a Thursday evening, a small fire just outside of Ashcroft. By the morning, strong winds had fanned it to 700 hectares and it was ravaging the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Why can’t we walk the talk on freedom of speech?

July 7, 2018 // 5 Comments

WE TALK A GOOD GAME when it comes to freedom of speech. We salute the concept but what we really mean is, “I defend your right to speak your mind, as long as you agree with [Continue]

RELIGION – Denying TWU’s bid for a law school was the right decision

July 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

But why were so many provincial law societies silent in the face of clear LGBTQ discrimination? Opinions about a Supreme Court of Canada decision denying a proposed new law [Continue]