Page One

KNOX – The differences between Canada and U.S. when it comes to guns

October 8, 2017 // 10 Comments

THE EDMONTON terror attack didn’t even get a full day before our attention was seized by the horror in Las Vegas. The difference? The man who injured five Albertans on was [Continue]

BY-ELECTION – Poll-by-poll results show where candidates did well, or not

October 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Poll-by-poll by-election results released by the City of Kamloops confirm that mayor-elect Ken Christian prevailed at every polling station, but the picture is somewhat [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Retirement is OK, after work and on weekends

October 7, 2017 // 3 Comments

RETIREMENT is hard work. Five years ago I wrote a column on my first day of official retirement. I reflected on what it was like not going to work that day, attending to all [Continue]

PETERS – Todd Stone’s path to Liberal leadership might have a few bumps

October 7, 2017 // 1 Comment

TODD STONE will reveal the worst-kept secret in BC politics next Tuesday. He’s banking that everyone remembers the last person to cannonball into the swimming pool, not [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most say they could vote for a party led by a Sikh

October 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE October 6, 2017 – Days after Jagmeet Singh’s decisive first-ballot victory in the contest for NDP leadership, seven-in-ten Canadians are saying [Continue]

AIR POLLUTION – Lessons learned from the summer of 2017

October 6, 2017 // 9 Comments

By MICHAEL D. MEHTA, Ph.D. One of the key lessons learned in recent months as a result of forest fires in the interior of British Columbia is that air pollution levels, and [Continue]