Global Thoughts: Magnetic Reversal: No Panic
By Gwynne Dyer For a moment there I thought we had a new global threat to deal with. This would have been welcome from a journalistic point of view, since there is a constant need […]
Opinion
Is there a rainbow under there?
By Andru McCracken When I moved to Valemount, I expected to walk into a small town like the ones I grew up in. People are a touch close minded, cold to newcomers, fearful of change, […]
Time for mountain bikers to take a page from snowsports
By Andru McCracken Last week we learned that a woman broke her spine during Valemount’s Annual Bikefest. She survived, but she and her family are still waiting to see the extent of the injuries at […]
Global Thoughts: Monsoons
By Gwynne Dyer The monsoon rains are finally arriving in central and northern India, but they are two weeks late. It started raining in Mumbai on Monday, and it should be raining in Delhi by […]
The conflicting nature of journalism
By Andru McCracken If you enjoy conflict as part of your work, you should consider journalism. It’s a rewarding career that many people feel makes the world a better place, but it’s especially great if […]
Global Thoughts: Iran’s game
By Gwynne Dyer The ‘evidence’ is not conclusive, but Iran probably was behind the attacks on four oil tankers in the Gulf last month and two more last Thursday. Nobody was hurt, so what was […]
Chief swings and Blackwell ducks
By Andru McCracken Being a leader in a small community is tough. Armchair quarterbacks are more than willing to tell small town politicians how things could be done better, especially well after the fact. At […]
Editorial: Lesson for Vavenby: don’t let them dismantle
By Andru McCracken Canfor is shutting down their mill in Vavenby. It’s terrible for the whole region’s economy and will make it an even poorer place. It will mean smaller returns for the Valemount Community […]
Editorial: For once, an easy solution
By Andru McCracken Valemount has an extraordinary air quality problem. We have the worst air quality in the province, and we’re putting the region and our province on the map. In red. Geography, weather and […]
Editorial: School learning
By Andru McCracken I was a troublemaker in high school, maybe the worst kind, clever, rarely caught and almost never punished. But my favourite teacher managed to teach me a lesson that smarts to this […]
Babying the economy isn’t child’s play
By Andru McCracken There is one economic driver that Gordon Campbell’s Liberals should have put in place as they began centralizing services and jobs in the early 2000s. It could have saved our communities heartache […]