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Evan Saugstad: Election BC 2024 – Good result, bad result or too early to say?

Although what tomorrow may bring is still uncertain, all indications are for whatever happens and for whomever ends up forming government, our next government will not last long.

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Evan Saugstad: Let’s make life free!!

Tired of the electioneering yet?  How many friends have you erased from your Facebook memory for their incessant and annoying election posts?

Bear Flat Dispatch: First past the post

Meanwhile, don’t forget to get out and vote on October 19 or sooner.

Evan Saugstad: Facebook censorship – election interference or ineptitude?

Is this an innocuous act by an algorithm sensing something that is not there, or is it an attempt of others to try to influence FB to interfere in BC’s election process for their own benefit?

OPINION – Independents versus Political Party Candidates – Part 2

Yesterday I gave an overview of our current situation in the Peace River North and South Ridings in the upcoming Oct 19th Provincial election.  What I write are my own thoughts and opinions and not endorsed or reviewed by any of the candidates.

OPINION – Independents versus Political Party Candidates

Every election is important whether they be for changing who governs or confirms the existing government with another mandate to govern. 

Restoring the Northern Lights Inn

Northern Lights Inn owner Gary Patara discusses his efforts to renovate the hotel.

Bear Flat Dispatch: From River to Reservoir

Frequent contributor Ken Boon shares some thoughts on BC Hydro filling its reservoir for the Site C dam.

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Tyler Holte: What’s the Problem, Northern Health?

There have been several recent closures of Fort St. John Hospital’s emergency department. 

Evan Saugstad: Carbon Shenanigans

For years our government has been quietly paying into what they call a carbon storage scheme where our tax dollars are given to local First Nations to literally watch trees grow.

Bear Flat Dispatch: Flowers, Weeds and Chicks

Frequent contributor Ken Boon shares some plants and animals he's seen in the area recently.

Evan Saugstad: You Paying Your Fair Share?

Peace region resident Evan Saugstad shares his thoughts on the capital gains tax increase.

Evan Saugstad: BC’s New Reality Favors Few

Our current government does not respect the concept that BC belongs to all of us, and decisions to change that, or how we use the lands should be made by us all.

Evan Saugstad: When the Narrative Shifts

I am a firm believer that no matter how far left or right we may swing, the worse things get, the sooner we will move back to the centre and correct our errors.

Bear Flat Dispatch: BC’s Sumas Prairie. Farmland or lake?

Frequent contributor Ken Boon is sharing his thoughts on turning the Sumas Prairie back into a lake.

Evan Saugstad: The headline read “The Reality of Canada’s New Season of Wildfire”

The assertion that our “every year” spring is going to be one of raging infernos accompanied by mass evacuations and trauma is not our history and not our every year future.

Evan Saugstad: The great divide – rural versus urban

Canada needs both our rural natural resources and our urban centres to help fund their development and ensure the materials and technologies exist to help them develop and grow.

Letter to the Editor: Action needed from the Ministry of Health and Northern Health in support of Fort St. John Hospital Emergency Department

Fort St John Emergency Doctors and Medical Staff have provided a Letter to the Editor to Energeticcity through the Doctors of BC, commenting on the current state of the emergency department at the hospital.

Evan Saugstad: Investing in life

Peace region resident Evan Saugstad shares his thoughts on saving money at a young age and investing in your future.

Evan Saugstad: Decriminalize? There’s a Better Solution!

Peace region resident Evan Saugstad is commenting on drug decriminalization in his latest opnion piece.

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