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CHARBONNEAU – Smith’s oil-bonanza plans for Alberta are in doubt

November 7, 2024 // 0 Comments

ALBERTA PREMIER Danielle Smith bet the farm on high oil prices. She hoped oil prices would stay high so she can finance projects like new schools at a cost of $8.6 billion. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – How could you, America? How could you possibly do such a thing?

November 6, 2024 // 17 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FOUR YEARS AGO, I went to bed thinking Joe Biden had lost the election to Donald Trump. To my great joy, I woke up to find out he had made a [Continue]

CITY HALL – Mayor shooed from meeting over conflict-of-interest issue

November 5, 2024 // 7 Comments

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson had to leave another City council meeting today (Nov. 5, 2024) after a heated disagreement with a staff member on whether or not he had a conflict of [Continue]

FORSETH – The fact election errors were found shows the system is working

November 5, 2024 // 1 Comment

SADLY, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS after the B.C. provincial election campaign, those who want to undermine our political process are still at it. PLUS, we also have one who [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The man behind the drive to get a Monte Creek fire hall

November 5, 2024 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MONTE CREEK RESIDENTS received good news just before the weekend when the Thompson-Nicola Regional District made it known that plans for a [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Which Canadian PM would work best with U.S. president?

November 4, 2024 // 1 Comment

Significant regional variation over which leader is best suited to handle the next American president By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE November 4, 2024 – Canadians will join their [Continue]