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 […]
Opinion
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 […]
Global Thoughts: War in the Gulf?
By Gwynne Dyer Donald Trump is well known for his desire to cut American military commitments overseas. But his attention span is short, he plays a lot of golf, and he does not have the […]
Editorial: Pre-apocalypse blues
by Andru McCracken I love post-apocalyptic movies. If the premise is that the human population has been wiped out and only a few unlucky souls survive and have to use their wits to eke out […]
Editorial: An appeal for justice
by Andru McCracken, Editor I have always had a funny feeling about the assault on truck driver Alex Fraser who pulled his rig over to aid two men he thought were stranded travellers in 2010. […]
Editorial: That thieving caribou and the great robbery of McBride
by Andru McCracken, Editor If the people of McBride are going to find the solution to their failing economy and dwindling population it won’t be by means deployed at the Caribou Recovery Consultation evening. Everyone […]
Unexpected gold and the lost chip
By Andru McCracken When we first committed to attending the British Columbia and Yukon Community Newspaper Awards, we didn’t realize we’d be missing several important events, including Valemount’s caribou consultation meeting, a massive fundraiser for […]