Editorial: Grow up, Earth
by Andru McCracken, Editor I was in the middle of a food battle with an overtired, underfed, dehydrated toddler, wild eyed and plummeting down from a sugar high when my phone rang. A man from […]
Opinion
Editorial: Safety — the real issue
by Andru McCracken, Editor In a bid to learn more about the recent murder of a local 60-year-old man I attended court, but while I was there another matter went to trial. It was a […]
Editorial: Collaboration is the next step, and the staircase keeps going
by Andru McCracken, Editor The Village of Valemount has announced the results of this year’s Columbia Basin Trust Community Initiatives funding cycle. It’s striking to me that $200,000 wasn’t even applied for, even after every […]
Editorial: Council needs an electric car
by Andru McCracken, Editor Council was tripping over dollars to pick up dimes at last Tuesday’s council meeting when they decided electric cars should get the same shitty deal that gas powered cars have. “I […]
Global Thoughts: India-Pakistan — Maybe War, But Not a Water War
by Gwynne Dyer After the terrorist attack on Indian troops in Kashmir two weeks ago that killed 40 Indian soldiers, but before Tuesday’s retaliatory air strikes across the border into Pakistan by the Indian Air […]
Editorial: Killer Caribou — ungulates of fear
by Andru McCracken, Editor Elected officials of a stripe are up in arms about the potential for negative impacts of the Caribou Recovery Program, which to be fair, have not yet been revealed. Before we […]
Editorial: Outside the box
by Andru McCracken, Editor It’s wonderful to see societies and organizations come together to share ideas and thoughts as we strategize around housing in Valemount. Collaboration is a great way to find solutions. In almost […]
Global Thoughts: Trump the promise keeper
by Gwynne Dyer Donald Trump is a man of his word, and he promised his ‘base’ to build a wall on the US border with Mexico to stop an “invasion of gangs, invasion of drugs, […]
Editorial: The art (danger) of forgetting
by Andru McCracken, Editor A week ago I woke up and the morning was so cold and the snow conditions so uncertain that I decided against skiing that day. That’s a big deal for me. […]
Children should be seen and heard
by David Suzuki and Ian Hanington Summer 2018 was Sweden’s hottest since record-keeping began more than 260 years ago — marked by drought, wildfires and extremely low reservoir levels. That was too much for 15-year-old Greta […]
Global Thoughts: The Great Dying, the Little Ice Age, and Us
by Gwynne Dyer Five hundred years ago the native people of the Americas were hit by half a dozen plagues as bad as the Black Death, one after another, and 95% of them died. The […]