Editorial: Comfort Zone revisited
by Andru McCracken, Editor When I was a teenager, my dad encouraged me to take a job at a remote mountain resort with an uncle I didn’t know I had. I still can’t fathom how […]
Opinion
Editorial: Problem solving isn’t the way
by Andru McCracken, Editor Could it be that identifying and fixing problems is not the way to move our communities forward? Our communities are complex places with thousands of egos, individual lives, and relationships, but […]
Tales from a basketball parent
by Jeff Jewett It’s a foggy 7:00 AM and the Valemount junior and senior girls and boys basketball teams are returning home after a weekend of competition at the Fort Saint James Secondary School. As […]
Editorial: Don’t turn down the heat!
by Andru McCracken, Editor Our most brilliant move as a couple, believe it or not, was not choosing to work together full time at this newspaper, it was back in 2014 when Laura and I […]
Editorial: Bitcoin and the jumping bean balloon scenario
by Andru McCracken, Editor On New Year’s eve the conversation turned to bitcoin, my brother in law Josh and I went over everything we knew about it. That lasted about 30 seconds, most sentences finished […]
Editorial: Curiouser and curiouser—How ski touring changed my life
by Andru McCracken, Editor The first night I drove to Valemount I remember the snow covered mountains in the parks glowing in the moonlight. It was gorgeous. Taunting, like a forbidden lover pulling back her […]
Editorial: Let’s not give Geothermal Power the Site C treatment
by Andru McCracken, Editor I’ve had an inside view of how the province has handled geothermal power development in Valemount and area during my term as mayor. It has been appalling. While a few are […]
Editorial: ‘Sense of community’ Handling instructions.
by Andru McCracken, Editor When I was 21, I began travelling, and I had the chance to travel quite a bit. I was usually disorganized had plenty of opportunity to lose my way, break down, […]
Editorial: My second infancy
by Andru McCracken, Editor My wife and I recently bought a drone. It’s an amazing thing, it actually uses a narrow form of artificial intelligence to fly. As a pilot you just need to tell […]
Editorial: McBride – a comeback with two caveats
by Andru McCracken, Editor I think McBride, BC is quickly becoming the most livable community on the planet. Not for the reasons residents think it is. And in spite of the efforts of McBride residents. […]
Editorial: Anushka & Trans Mountain – a comparison
by ANDRU MCCRACKEN, EDITOR The Chinook salmon of Swift Creek are a pawn in a war between environmental activists and the Trans Mountain pipeline. Chinook salmon in Swift Creek are the hardest working salmon […]