It’s about to go downhill
By Andru McCracken It’s time to take the next steps towards developing skiing in Valemount. At a recent annual general meeting of YORA more than 50 people attended. Why? On the agenda was a plan […]
Opinion
Climate change: action and accountability go hand in hand
By John Horgan, Premier of B.C. I will never forget the moment a 6-ft tall teenager told me he felt small. He was one of 10 youth climate activists I met with at the height […]
Editorial: Sleep away, serial killer
By Andru McCracken A couple weeks ago I was contacted by a woman with an unsettling story of being stalked in Prince George. It happened two years ago and triggered a police review which has […]
Hong Kong: Don’t Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
By Gwynne Dyer The ‘silent majority’ in Hong Kong, who regime supporters hoped would show that they are fed up with the pro-democracy protests that have shaken the city in the past five months, turns […]
No one wants to raise taxes
By Laura Keil “No one wants to raise taxes.” This was repeated by Council members at last week’s Council meeting where Council unanimously agreed to raise water and sewer rates by 8.5%. I’m going to […]
Fragmentation: The Tribalisation of Politics
By Gwynne Dyer In most democratic countries economic self-interest is no longer driving voters’ choices. Tribalism is taking its place, and that is not an improvement. Take three quite different countries, all unable to get […]
Modern Journalism: The Golden Age of the Fair Trial
By Andru McCracken We live in an age where many communities are underserved by journalists. In some, no working journalists cover events in that community. In Prince George, the ‘northern capital,’ there isn’t a daily […]
Room for everybody
By Andru McCracken They take up the most space and time on social media, they dominate my personal Facebook experience and if you would just listen and do a little research on your own you […]
Editorial: Let’s burn it right
By Andru McCracken Valemount Village Council has asked staff to draft a clean air bylaw at the request of the Clean Air Task Force. It’s a good step, and just one in a suite of […]
Empathy, I’ve got a little
By Andru McCracken Like any corporation, the McBride Community Forest Corporation has a lot to balance. But the McBride Community Forest Corporation is much much more than just a corporation. Clawing itself back from years […]