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Why did power go out for nearly 10,000 people? Woodpeckers
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Very weak excuse, this day and age they could send out an email note and post on line. The woodpecker didn't make the whole that quickly. Sloppy management and planning
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No matter what side of politics you stand on, if you believe in the right to vote and in “no taxation without representation” then DRIPA and UNDRIP have to go… they’re completely undemocratic.
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If only the majority of MLA seats weren't in Left-wing lunatic lotus land then the conservatives, who the rest of B.C. favors, would be in power.Sure there are a few limp, left looney-tunes in the North, a few of whom comment in this paper, but thankfully in the North they are the tiny minority.Canada has to follow the lead of other countries in recognizing UNDRIP but not adhering to it and adopting it into domestic law. That was Canada's foolish mistake, especially B.C. which concocted DRIPA.It is unconstitutional to permit a group, which represents less than 5% of the population and that was never duly elected into power, to co-govern.And if that group chooses to be miltant, then that is why Canada has a national police force and an army.
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Jeez I wish I could give myself a 24% pay raise. And what do we get for that? Will they spend more time improving the education quality and quantity of our communities? Sadly I doubt it. The school board is on its way to becoming a bloated, expensive entity that will only serve as a spring board for higher political office, instead of a board that benefits the next generation through quality education. Imagine the scrambling if teachers or nurses or firefighters or police just gave themselves a 24% raise?
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The summer season is short enough around here without being pared back even more because maintenance is not handled during the off season, causing this lack of availability.The city found money to fund a trip to Victoria that, according to the report in this paper seemed to be a wasteful use of our tax dollars.dollars. If we fancy presenting ourselves as a any sort of tourist destination then it is vital that attractions be up and running on a regular schedule and hence, available when visitors are here. People would be disappointed by a mid season breakdown that caused a disruption in service but simply not being prepared for the traditional opening weekend for the season of an attraction such as The Little Prince just comes across as poor planning or simple disinterest on the part of the people/organization handling whatever particular attraction that may be at the centre of attention. Is there information missing from the story that would excuse this failure to be ready?
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Policies like DRIPA benefit globalist elites by using special interest groups and minorities etc as pawns to erode sovereignty and local control over land and resources. Plain and simple.
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Recognizing "DRIPA" as "law" does not cause the current indecisive economic future of BC. Politics and the policy of not making meaningful treaties in a reasonable time is to blame. Treaties were "promised" and must be made. Our government, or the next, could remove the confusion over "Private land ownership" by acknowledging that regardless of the Court appeal decision, private land owners will retain ownership. If another "group" is deemed the "owner", by our Courts, the government should negotiate/calculate the "compensation" owed. Rather than waiting for our costly and slow legal system to rule, potential investors would realize that it is safe to buy into projects in BC. Government can remove the barriers to investment that "appears" to exist.
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Do we really need a school board? Our Nurses have to fight for a pay raise , and the school board can give themselves a raise , no questions asked?? something is wrong with this picture.
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Alberta isn't that far for you to set up stakes in. I can help find movers for you if you so choose. Lol
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Yessss, taxes are going up again!!!!!
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Craig Brennan et al. are just another example of parasites at the public trough of tax dollars. Engorge your bloated bank accounts.
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Out of line or embarrassing. Both terms will come to mind with tax payers.
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Kind of hard to do maintenance in the off season when the train is stored in a culvert. No heat, wet, limited room, poor lighting. Drop by sometime when the culvert is open and have a look at the horrendous working conditions.
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Wouldn't a renewed passenger service PG to N Vancouver with stop-offs including Whistler be an idea? If you build it, they will come, just don't make it 3rd class junky.
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Isn’t politics grand
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“unregulated drug deaths.” Key word is unregulated. Society more dangerous with unregulated drugs. Sadly, many believe society can punish & incarcerate its way to Nirvana. Many conservative US states have tried this approach with little effect on the crime rate. Unfortunately, the NDP’s previous approach only got regulated drugs into less than 5% of drug users. Those users were shown to have less interactions with emergency responders & the criminal justice system while increasing the likelihood of maintaining healthy work & family connections. Unfortunately, due to the hue & cry from the uptight right, the NDP has backed off their most recent approach when it needed to be expanded.
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Really should bring passenger service back to that rail line.It was nice to have another option back in the day. And with no more Greyhound and rising plane fees, it would be good to have this option.
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convenient !trying to put pressure on council for more money i am betting... though they have already been strong arming for over $1.2 million....
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Teachers bargained for more than a year to get 12% over 4 years. School board trustees had a meeting and granted themselves more than 23% that isn't paced out over multiple years. Great governance...
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The Nukko Lake area is not protected by a volunteer fire department. If there is a fire at Nukko Lake school, nothing will be done other than to watch it burn. There will be no fire response to a campfire that is carelessly abandoned and sets fire to the woodland. A volunteer fire department needs to be established before a tragedy occurs.
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