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This historic photo is of the Allison Homestead in Princeton, circa 1920. In the background, KVR rail bridge and confluence of Similkameen and Tulameen rivers. ~ Princeton & District Museum Collection

The Old West: The lost Spanish mound – Similkameen legend or fact?

A column by Bruce Uzelman

William Fernie died at the age of 84. (Fernie Free Press)

The Old West: Disaster, devastation and recovery in early Fernie

A column by Bruce Uzelman

B.C. United Leader Kevin Falcon Tuesday (May 14) confirmed the existence of talks to find “common ground” with the Conservative Party of B.C. to defeat the B.C. NDP government. Falcon was responding to earlier comments from Conservative leader John Rustad. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)

Political Spin: Current polls show an endangered BC United

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Giacomo Bossi store at the corner of Johnson and Store Streets, Victoria; left to right, Angelica Bossi, Americo Bossi and Giacomo Bossi. Circa 1870s. (BC Archives)

The Old West: Governor James Douglas and Colonial Victoria

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Giacomo Bossi store at the corner of Johnson and Store Streets, Victoria; left to right, Angelica Bossi, Americo Bossi and Giacomo Bossi. Circa 1870s. (BC Archives)

Couple on Dewdney Trail between Rossland and Trail, July 1900. (Rossland Museum)

The Old West: The Dewdney Trail and Fort Steele – Part 2

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Couple on Dewdney Trail between Rossland and Trail, July 1900. (Rossland Museum)

Construction of the Dewdney Trail near Rossland c. 1865

The Old West: The Dewdney Trail and Fort Steele – Part 1

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Construction of the Dewdney Trail near Rossland c. 1865

The Old West: The railway war in early B.C. – CPR vs GNR

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Carson Binda, the B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, stood outside Premier David Eby’s constituency office in Vancouver on March 21, 2024, demanding that he oppose the upcoming carbon tax hike. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

Political Spin: The hard facts around the carbon tax

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Carson Binda, the B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, stood outside Premier David Eby’s constituency office in Vancouver on March 21, 2024, demanding that he oppose the upcoming carbon tax hike. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

Political Spin: Canadians are becoming poorer

A column by Bruce Uzelman

A photograph by Frank Cyril Swannell taken on July 2, 1910, showing a stuck freight wagon near Mile 153 on the Cariboo Road. (Facebook)

The Old West: The Caribou Road, Lillooet and exceptional Bralorne gold

A column by Bruce Uzelman

A photograph by Frank Cyril Swannell taken on July 2, 1910, showing a stuck freight wagon near Mile 153 on the Cariboo Road. (Facebook)

The Old West: Greenwood and the Boundary Country, circa 1895

The Old West: Greenwood and the Boundary Country, circa 1895

A column by Bruce Uzelman

The Old West: Greenwood and the Boundary Country, circa 1895

Pitt Lake. (Wait Air Photos)

Uzelman: The Old West – The legend of Slumach’s lost mine

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Pitt Lake. (Wait Air Photos)

Uzelman: B.C. government to share land use authority with First Nations

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Uzelman: Canadian health care performance well below other countries

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Uzelman: Burgeoning debt interest depletes funding for government services

A column by Bruce Uzelman

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Uzelman: ‘Population trap’ has been triggered by surging population

A column by Bruce Uzelman

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

The Lake Okanagan Resort was one of the casualties of the McDougall Lake wildfire as it raced up the westside shoreline of the lake. (Black Press Media)

Uzelman: Proactive measures can reduce impending wildfire risk in B.C.

A column by Bruce Uzelman

The Lake Okanagan Resort was one of the casualties of the McDougall Lake wildfire as it raced up the westside shoreline of the lake. (Black Press Media)

Canada’s price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has so successfully convinced Canadians the carbon price is to blame for inflation that he even earned begrudging respect for his “axe the tax” campaign from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Poilievre holds a press conference regarding his “Axe the Tax” message from the roof a parking garage in St. John’s on Friday, Oct.27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

Uzelman: Axe the Tax? The alternatives are much more costly

A column by Bruce Uzelman

Canada’s price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has so successfully convinced Canadians the carbon price is to blame for inflation that he even earned begrudging respect for his “axe the tax” campaign from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Poilievre holds a press conference regarding his “Axe the Tax” message from the roof a parking garage in St. John’s on Friday, Oct.27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

Philadelphia Flyers’ Joel Farabee (86) scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Casey DeSmith (29) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

THE MOJ: Vancouver Canucks get a dose of second-half hockey in loss to Flyers

It was also an indicator of what’s to come as the season moves along

Philadelphia Flyers’ Joel Farabee (86) scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Casey DeSmith (29) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

New builds like Rossland Yards development will need to follow BC Energy Step Code guidelines in order to meet sustainable. (Photo Jim Bailey)

Uzelman: New climate change regulations will drive up home building costs

A column by Bruce Uzelman

New builds like Rossland Yards development will need to follow BC Energy Step Code guidelines in order to meet sustainable. (Photo Jim Bailey)

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