By:  Fair Vote Canada BC Conservatives receive 69% of the seats with 48% of the vote. BC voters cheated by first-past-the-post and pushed further towards a two-party system. Only 48% of BC voters supported the BC Conservatives, yet the voting system has handed Lorne Doerkson’s Conservatives 69% of the seats and 100% of the power. […]

By Kari Pahlman, Diego S. Silva, and Maxwell J. Smith, of Sydney University … claims about vaccine risks often fail to acknowledge or attend to the reciprocal nature of those risks and the reciprocal nature of freedom. In early September, Conservative Party MP Dean Allison held a four-day independent, unsanctioned “inquiry” for “Canadians to share […]

By  Samantha Jones, Jamie H. Chow, and Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven of Western University In a recent advertisement for Novig, a U.S. sports prediction market and trading platform, actor Sydney Sweeney appears nearly nude, using sports equipment as props to cover various parts of her body. The visual plays on the campaign’s tagline — “Just Sports” […]

More than 1,200 constituent letters have been sent to all 93 Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, calling for action to improve access to affordable home support for seniors since the start of the Health Care Needs Home Care campaign launch on June 2. With British Columbia now entering a provincial election, the […]

Editor’s Note:    Not all candidates have responded to the questions and provided a picture, but if more send answers we will publish them at our earliest convenience. Keep watching … and please do vote. All voting will take place at City Hall; there are advance polls on October 7 and October 14 from 8:00 AM […]

Niki Sharma, Attorney General, has released the following statement on the Government of British Columbia filing legal action against OpenAI related to the Tumbler Ridge tragedy and advocating for stronger regulations on AI: “The people of Tumbler Ridge have endured an unimaginable loss, and they deserve answers and accountability. As part of our ongoing efforts […]

Youth, health, and environmental groups are celebrating a legal victory after the Federal Court rejected the federal government’s attempt to prevent their climate accountability case from proceeding. The applicants will now get their day in court as the case is set to advance to a full hearing on its merits. “Today’s decision brings us one giant step […]

Communities throughout BC will have another opportunity to strengthen their wildfire resilience through the 2027 intake of the FireSmart Community Funding and Supports (FCFS) program. “British Columbia has just faced another tough wildfire season,” said Ravi Parmar, Minister of Forests. “This wildfire season reinforced what we know to be true: FireSmart works. We’re beginning the […]

For the safety of everyone’s children, let’s all reflect on our driving habits.  The ICBC Speed Watch program is designed to help with that, and some Rossland drivers may soon see Speed Watch volunteers out reminding us all to slow down.  To be mindful of the children, and others. Several concerned residents who are fed […]

The Save Record Ridge Action Committee (SRRAC) is urging the BC government not to issue an Environmental Management Act Permit for the proposed Record Ridge mine until serious issues related to human health, air quality, water contamination, and environmental monitoring have been resolved. Among other things, the permit would allow discharges to the area’s air […]