Monthly Archives: March 2015

Disaster in Paradise: Book Review

Living in the Kootenays we can sometimes forget that nature is a force to be reckoned with and respected. And in the age of rapid climate change, the ground is literally shifting beneath our feet, as Johnson’s Landing residents tragically … Continue reading

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Bill C-51: Canada’s Orwellian state arrives

“In a peaceful age I might have written ornate or merely descriptive books, and might have remained almost unaware of my political loyalties. As it is I have been forced into becoming a sort of pamphleteer.” —George Orwell, Why I … Continue reading

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Federal MP launches apology motion for Home Children

In this era of politics characterized by brazen corruption and the naked pursuit of power at any cost, it’s refreshing to know we have people like Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior. Alex and I have conferred on a … Continue reading

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