I came across a genuine ‘fake news’ site the other day, which isn’t all that surprising or uncommon. However, it had nothing to do with […]
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It could be a little crowded at tonight’s city council meeting. The group Enough Already! City of PG AAP, which is raising concerns about the […]
A couple of things should be mentioned when talking about the city’s 2019 budget that will dip into the taxpayers’ pocketbooks by another 4.3 per […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS Writer’s Block Jody Wilson-Raybould had to resign from cabinet. When this whole scandal about whether the Prime Minister’s Office put pressure on […]
It was an innocuous enough question. At the end of Premier John Horgan’s news conference at the BC Natural Resources Forum in Prince George last […]
Proportional representation is so 2018. Yes, I know there are other burning issues such as pipelines, blockades, and the spend-‘em-if-you-got-‘em ways of the provincial legislature, […]
It’s a New Year and that means it’s time for predictions. What will the future hold for us? Well, fear not, all will be told […]
What will Andrew Wilkinson do? There is a chance that the fate of the possibly ill-fated proportional representation referendum will rest with Wilkinson and the […]
In a week where international scientists are warning of an impending global catastrophe if we don’t address climate change, we, of course, went batshit crazy […]
Closing the Westwood Drive access to 22nd Avenue has nothing to do with pedestrian safety. It has everything to do with traffic flow. The Ministry […]
Long ago in the before times (before Internet, or more aptly the early days of the Internet), I was one of a small group of […]
Long ago in the before times (before Internet, or more aptly the early days of the Internet), I was one of a small group of […]
Premier John Horgan and the NDP caucus may have a tough decision coming up. As of Wednesday morning, only 215,187 of the 3,293,435 registered voters […]
John Horgan was right. People were probably switching over the Wheel of Fortune in droves last night as the premier and Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson […]
With apologies to Meghan Trainor: It’s all about that base, ‘bout that base, no one else; It’s all about that base, ‘bout that base, no […]
I’m selfish. That’s pretty much why I’m voting for the rural-urban proportional option in the referendum on proportional representation. I’ve taken a good look at […]
The biggest surprise to come out of Saturday’s election was that Willy Enns actually got more than 1,000 votes. Enns, who entered the mayor’s race […]
Moving the election date up a month was probably a good idea because I don’t know about you, but it seems like the campaign has […]
Suzanne Anton must live in some kind of parallel universe. I think I snorted out loud at her assertion Saturday, at a so-called debate on […]
I’ve lived in the Interior all my life. For as long as I can remember, we have bemoaned the fact that the more-populous Lower Mainland […]
A few years ago when escort services were all the rage in town (literally and figuratively), the city council of the day searched its bag […]
The race for a seat on city council is getting interesting. The race for the mayor’s chair, however, not so much. The last minute entry […]