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]
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CHARBONNEAU – The rocky relationship between CERB, EI and getting back to work
WHILE PARENTS WORRY about sending their kids back to school in September, millions will be without work and without government assistance. The Canada Emergency Response [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Freeland’s appointment is a bright spot in troubled times
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH politics to please even the biggest news junky this week. There’s the Democratic online convention in the U.S., the [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Most Canadians say there’s more to learn about WE affair
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE August 10, 2020 – After unprecedented testimony in front of MPs from the Prime Minister, Finance Minister, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, and [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Unless new tracker app works for all there’s no point to it
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE TWO KINDS of Canadians this week. Those who don’t trust the new COVID-19 tracker app, and those who are mad because they can’t [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Committee hearings no way to get to the bottom of WE scandal
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF TUESDAY’S FINANCE COMMITTEE meeting is any indication, Canadians aren’t going to be much better informed about the WE Charity scandal [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Trudeau’s approval rating drops six more points
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE July 27, 2020 – The WE Charity affair may be stoking another summer of discontent among Canadians but ultimately, they do not believe this latest [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Why there will be no resignations and no election call
An editorial by Mel Roithenburger. SHOULD THE FEDERAL LIBERALS find themselves a new leader? Should Finance Minister Bill Morneau resign? Should the country go to the polls [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – WE issue drops Trudeau’s approval by five points
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE July 13, 2020 – New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute shows Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approval has dropped five points [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Once again, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shows terrible judgment
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TO LISTEN TO THE CONSERVATIVES, the WE charity controversy is a clear indication Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is corrupt or, at the least, [Continue]
KNOX – This year has proven that if anything can go wrong, it will
CONGRATULATIONS. If you’re reading this, it means you were not killed by an asteroid the size of a football stadium. Yes, there was one in the neighbourhood, but evidently [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Trudeau’s pause heard ’round the world was simply brilliant
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LONGEST PAUSE ever during a news conference has made headlines around the world. Questions swirl around Prime Minister Justin [Continue]
FORSETH – Wherever we live, isn’t one Kent State enough for a lifetime?
YESTERDAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I posted a story from Kamloops This Week, in which Kamloops City Councillor Arjun Singh was quoted. According to the story, Singh criticized U.S. [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Time to wind down the prime minister’s daily TV pep talks
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU has been working very hard since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Time for him to take a break. Almost [Continue]
