NATIONAL PULSE – Horgan tops premiers in voter approval ratings
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 10, 2021 – As the hot, bright and unyielding spotlight of scrutiny shifts from Ottawa to provincial capitals in the next phase of vaccine [Continue]
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KNOX – Off-target tweets don’t phase Georgia’s John Horgan
IT WAS AN IMPASSIONED PLEA from a Point Grey resident that got John Horgan’s attention Monday. I’m a parent of four, the email said. Extending SkyTrain to UBC will change [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Auto insurance rebates will bring us closer to affordability
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WAS BETTING on a $101 rebate on my auto insurance — it just seemed like the kind of thing politicians might do — but Premier John [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Time for Horgan to give us specifics on the new cancer centre
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S NOT TOO SOON to start pushing Premier John Horgan on his plans for a cancer centre in Kamloops. He made the promise to counter one [Continue]
POLITICS – Secret ballot on union certifications must be preserved
By GREG KYLLO MLA, Shuswap THIS PAST FALL, British Columbians from all corners of our province — myself included — headed to the polls to cast our votes in the provincial [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Numbers don’t add up on Horgan’s $1,000 election bonus
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BRITISH COLUMBIANS can apply for their thousand-dollar election bonus on Friday. That’s the one John Horgan promised us a couple of months [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Horgan maintains high approval despite COVID numbers
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE December 1, 2020 – Canada’s second wave of the coronavirus continues to challenge Canadians – and their premiers – from coast to coast. With [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Whither goes Kamloops with Opposition reps in Victoria?
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S ALL OVER but the final counting. It will be a couple of weeks until the mail-in ballots are counted but it won’t matter much. [Continue]
BC ELECTION – New Democrats hold comfortable lead over Liberals
Friday, October 16, 2020 – As British Columbians weigh in on the only televised debate in the BC election campaign, the latest public opinion survey from the non-profit [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Imagine that – a political debate that was worth watching
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE WAS A CLEAR WINNER in Tuesday night’s B.C. leaders’ debate. As usual, all three parties fired off media releases right after it [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Time to figure out how we’re going to pay for the pandemic
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ISN’T IT AMAZING how a pandemic can change our entire attitude about debt? The federal government has spent more than $150 billion in [Continue]
EDITORIAL – So much for taking the politics out of setting election dates
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU LOOK UP ‘HYOCRITE’ in the dictionary, I’m betting you’ll find John Horgan. The B.C. premier made a liar out of me by calling [Continue]
KNOX – Even with all the smoke it’s clear an election is looming
IT’S SMOKY OUT THERE. Need-headlights-at-4-p.m. smoky. Not as bad as newsrooms in 1982, mind you, but still as gloomy as a travel agent. We can see one thing clearly, [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – John Horgan’s election temptation is in the numbers
THURSDAY CAME AND WENT and Premier John Horgan didn’t call an election. That was the day he unveiled his “Stronger B.C.” economic recovery plan, which was supposedly [Continue]
