Opinion

After meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Premier Christy Clark delivered a luncheon speech to the Economic Club of Toronto. Her big talking point was the rise of the Asia-Pacific region.

After a year and millions of dollars, the probe into whether Canadian soldiers knowingly handed over Afghan prisoners to torture, has not reached a conclusion. But is anyone really surprised?

If we don’t look after our customers someone else will. This slogan is written on the wall of Integra Tire Sicamous.

plan provides tools for the district to work with the developers to construct affordable housing

As the campaign for voters’ hearts and minds in the provincial HST referendum reaches its final stage, most of us seem to have heavy hearts.

Let’s assume that when everyone in B.C. gets to be finance minister for a day, a majority choose to throw a $3-billion chair through the office window to show how mad they are about the harmonized sales tax. The cleanup will take two years, but first there will be a provincial election to decide who holds the broom and dustpan. And the choices are becoming clear.

It’s no secret that Albertans don’t always get a good rap in Sicamous, or in British Columbia for that matter.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Ms. Stanton of Salmon Arm for her letter to the editor regarding the free fitness program in Sicamous.

Opponents of the HST can't seem to resist making the tax sound worse than it really is.

The Tourism Industry Association of B.C. has struggled with the impact of the harmonized sales tax, but supports it at a reduced rate.