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COMMENT: Who's afraid of a little debate?

“Today's BC Liberals” may have taken a little inspiration during last year's election campaign from former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell when she bluntly stated in 1993 that "an election is no time to discuss serious issues." It's why British Columbians could be forgiven for thinking that they missed something during...

Harper’s (Un)Fair Elections Act Could Spark Voter Surge

The Harper government seems intent on proving to its detractors that things can always get worse. They’ve one-upped themselves with the farce called the Fair Elections Act. It has been described as a direct threat to the right to vote and an assault on democracy by the very people our democracy assigns to examine these things....

The tsunami that struck northeastern Japan is now three years past, but it hasn’t stopped making waves

Debris travelling all the way from Japan has brought with it a number of Japanese marine species to the west coast, some of which have the potential to become invasive and devastate the coastal ecosystem. Scientists were shocked to find that 165 different species had travelled from Japanese waters to the coast of North America...

Only minor injuries in 14-vehicle pile-up on TransCanada near Golden

Fully 14 vehicles were involved in a crash on the TransCanada Highway yesterday, accordng to RCMP Sgt. Mike Pears. "RCMP received a report of a motor vehicle collision on the Trans Canada Highway at the top of Heather Hill, approximately 50 kilometers west of Golden. While en route, reports were received of additional vehicles...

UPDATED: German man killed in avalanche near Revelstoke identified

The 45-year-old man that died after being buried by an avalanche near Revelstoke this week has been identified as Jannik Inselkammer of Munich, Germany. Inselkammer was a Munich-area businessman who worked in the beer brewing industry. He was born into a brewing family and had several ownership stakes and managing director ...

Should the frequency of municipal elections be determined by the provincial government?

Fifty years ago municipal councils were elected to one year terms. Forty years ago the law was changed to allow for two-year terms. Twenty-four years ago terms were extended to three years, and now councils are to be elected to serve four year terms. The reasons for every term extension were to reduce election costs, to give...

UPDATE: Coroners Service releases name of Coal Mountain employee killed in accident Sunday

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male who died following an industrial accident at the Teck Coal Mountain mine near Sparwood on March 16. He was Miles Bradley Lorenz, aged 59, of Coleman. Lorenz was a water truck driver and was filling his truck with water when he was impacted by […]

UPDATED: BC Coroners Service releases name of Blue River avalanche victim

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died in an avalanche near Blue River Sunday as Jay Quayle, aged 35, of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. Quayle was one of a party of seven who had travelled to the Monashee Mountains near Blue River to go snowmobiling. They were snowmobiling in an area known as Red ...

Someone in BC has hit the Lotto Max Jackpot

Someone in BC is going to be pretty happy when they check their Lotto Max ticket. The Lottery Corporation said there is one winning ticket for the $50-million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw — and it was purchased by someone in Langley — after four consecutive weeks of no one winning the massive jackpot. Lotto Max ...

COMMENT: When one million job openings may actually mean just 210,000 new jobs

It would be tough to miss the ad, particularly if you're trying to watch anything online. The one where WorkBC tells us that: “BC's growing economy will lead to one million job openings by 2020.” Since it was uploaded to YouTube in February, it's had more than 900,000 views, the bulk of them paid for by the very people it's...

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