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IN THE LEDGE – NDP govt stacking the deck against First Past the Post

November 25, 2017 // 7 Comments

Doug Clovechok, Liberal MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke, during debate on second reading of Bill 6, Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act, Nov. 23, 2017. D. Clovechok: [Continue]

ARMCHAIR MAYOR – Words we hate to hear: ‘Would you care to donate….’

November 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

I should have stopped and talked to the volunteer about why I wasn’t making a donation that day I WALKED out of the super market very recently with a small bag of [Continue]

OPIOID CRISIS – The reality of drug overdoses: some suffer brain damage

November 24, 2017 // 9 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD A stark reality about the opioid crisis was brought home to regional politicians today (Nov. 24, 2017) — even lives [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Give Allan Schoenborn the best of treatment, but keep him inside

November 23, 2017 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE foundations of our Canadian justice system is the belief that even those guilty of the most unthinkable acts are [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most federal cabinet ministers are unknown to half of us

November 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE In parliamentary tradition, prime ministers are sometimes referred to as primus inter pares, Latin for “first among equals” relative to other [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Fast action needed to fix Stuart Wood homeless-shelter issues

November 22, 2017 // 5 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOMETIMES good intentions aren’t enough to make an idea work the way it should. Worries were expressed about using the [Continue]