Columnists

Student Voice: B.C. should lower voting age to 16 years

Mira Blakely is a Grade 9 student at Reynolds secondary school

Jan 26, 2019 5:45 AM Read more >

MOMMY’S INSIDE VOICE: Boys battle an age-old stereotype

Mommy’s Inside Voice is a biweekly column by Amie Jay, a local mother of three.

Jan 25, 2019 5:30 PM Read more >

LOCAL FLAVOUR: Farms bustle with activity even in the winter months

Linda Geggie is the executive director with the CR-FAIR

Jan 24, 2019 11:30 AM Read more >

RICKTER SCALE: The silencing of the crickets

Rick Stiebel is a semi-retired local journalist

Jan 23, 2019 6:30 PM Read more >

COLUMN: Four questions on the B.C. economy in 2019

Jock Finlayson is executive vice president and chief policy officer of the Business Council of BC

Jan 20, 2019 4:00 PM Read more >

B.C. VIEWS: Fact-checking the NDP’s speculation tax on empty homes

Negative-option billing is still legal for governments

Jan 20, 2019 9:00 AM Read more >

Skating’s secret tonic for the soul

Ksshh, ksshh, ksshh. There’s something so soothing about the sound of a single skate blade slicing the ice, even more so when the arena is empty and you can glide around in solitude before the music blares and the masses arrive.

Jan 15, 2019 3:50 PM Read more >

Mommy’s Inside Voice: Cannabis assumptions have gone up in smoke

Mommy’s Inside Voice is a bi-weekly column by Amie Jay, a local mother of three.

Jan 13, 2019 3:30 PM Read more >

B.C. VIEWS: Tracking propaganda around B.C.’s latest pipeline protest

‘Military invasion’ claims fly around the world in seconds

Jan 13, 2019 9:00 AM Read more >

COLUMN: Why must people talk on the phone while on the toilet?

Taking care of business is no one’s business but your own

Jan 9, 2019 10:45 AM Read more >