Opinion

By Andru McCracken, EDITOR,
A good letter from a resident sent council into a tizzy at their last council meeting. It was as if the councillors had suddenly realized they weren’t dressed in their finest clothes, but were, in fact, naked. In the letter, a resident asked council to reconsider two expensive measures: the purchase of a newer backhoe and hiring a new employee. […]

Andru McCracken, EDITOR For the first time in 50 winters, Valemount will, in all likelihood, have a ski lift operating close to town. It will start small. And that’s the best way to start. It’s […]

By Andru McCracken, Editor Our province and country looked into the gaping maw of COVID-19 and, without flinching, made the right choices to keep people safe. Tragically, others needed to learn the cruel lesson from […]

By Andru McCracken Is there work we can do to make our communities better during the shutdown, despite the conditions imposed on us? Is there work we can do to make our communities better _because_ […]

By Andru McCracken I was driving by the Valemount Industrial Park the other day and saw a queer thing, a bulldozer was clearing some land of snow. I’m glad I enquired about it. The community […]

By Andru McCracken It is always great to find common ground. COVID-19 has me finding common ground with a group I don’t normally have time for: Doomsday preppers. Instead of calling me names (like sheeple) […]

By Andru McCracken Since we last published on March 12th the world has been turned upside down. Daily, sometimes hourly, new ordinances declare what we can and cannot do. Remarkably, we comply, even if it […]

By Andru McCracken If the process for handing out money at Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Program doesn’t strike you as unfocussed, you aren’t paying attention. I attended Sunday’s packed event and […]

By Andru McCracken I spent a day cat skiing with a group of men from Edmonton and Calgary on Mica Mountain – we got to know each other as the snow cat made its way […]