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Letters To The Editor
ALBAS: Scrutiny, taxes and beer
OPINION Editor, One of the events that is seldom given much media coverage outside of…
CANNINGS: The impact of the Italian community in the Southern Interior
OPINION Editor, Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of taking in Trail Silver City…
ALBAS: House of Commons unanimously supports opioid crisis Bill
OPINION Editor, As much as the House of Commons is often viewed as an adversarial…
ALBAS: The Air Passenger Bill of Rights
OPINION This week in the House of Commons the Liberal Government introduced what is being…
ALBAS: Some pressing concerns about the Infrastructure Bank
OPINION Editor, I was asked recently if it is difficult to come up with a…
LETTER: Premier didn’t spend much time in Kelowna West during election campaign
OPINION Editor, On May 1, Christy Clark was a no show at the Kelowna West…
ALBAS: Easy for some to play partisan politics with U.S. softwood lumber dispute
OPINION Editor, This week the USA administration announced that softwood lumber imports into the United…
LETTER: Kalamalka Lake Road multi-use pathway construction
OPINION Dear Vernon Mayor and Council, The Ribbons of Green Trails Society was formed many…
ALBAS: Unpacking the Cannabis Act
OPINION Editor, Last week the Liberal Government introduced the much anticipated Marijuana legalization bill, technically…
CANNINGS: Wood should be used to build federal government buildings
Editor, I recently attended the annual Council of Forest Industries (COFI) convention in Vancouver, getting…
ALBAS: Do you support the limited use of omnibus bills?
OPINION Editor, Tuesday night was a disappointing evening in Ottawa. With only three hours advance…
MORAN: Second Okanagan Lake crossing chance to create more urban wild lands
OPINION Right now, in the Okanagan Valley, the idea of a second bridge crossing is…
FUHR: More to gain than lose with C-23
OPINION Editor, An effective border is one that supports the efficient movement of goods and…
ALBAS: Controversial bonus payments to Bombardier execs
OPINION Dear Editor, This week the major theme in Ottawa has once again focussed on…
CANNINGS: Unfair compensation and understaffing impacting RCMP morale
OPINION Dear Editor, Over the past month I have visited most of the RCMP detachments…
ALBAS: Timed announcements, buzz words and the power of the majority government
OPINION Editor, One aspect of majority Governments that is not often discussed is the ability…
FUHR: Addressing the social deficit
OPINION Dear Editor, Budget 2017 recognizes that it is the right time to make investments…
CANNINGS: Tax breaks and loopholes in the latest budget
OPINION As I discussed in my last column, the federal government had an opportunity in…
ALBAS: Observations and thoughts about the federal budget
OPINION This week the major talk in Ottawa revolves around the Liberal Government announcing the…
CANNINGS: The rich get richer at income tax time
OPINION Last week I decided to write this column about income tax. Not only is…
WALKER: Thinking of selling your property in Kelowna?
OPINION If you’ve been thinking about selling your Kelowna real estate, now is about as…
ALBAS: My take on balancing the federal budget
OPINION This week the House of Commons is adjourned and will resume next week with…
LETTER: Time to shut down B.C. Lottery schmoozefest
OPINION The B.C. Lottery Corporation’s big schmooze-and-booze conference should have taxpayers, who pick up the…
ALBAS: How the federal government is spending tax dollars
OPINION Editor, Back in late December the Liberal Government quietly released a rather ominous report…