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BUSINESS BEAT – Better to delay trade talks until Donald Trump is gone?
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (77+ words) ArmchairMayor.ca Why Canada might not be in a big hurry to restart U.S. trade talks, a show of confidence by Canada’s largest bank, and which B.C. housing market fared the best during the latest wildfire season… in your Sept. 10 edition…...
CHARBONNEAU – Fears of a grey tsunami are greatly exaggerated
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (435+ words) CANADA’S AGING POPULATION has become a lightning rod for generational angst. Younger generations worry that baby boomers are hoarding wealth, draining pensions, and straining our health care system. Prognosticators have been forecasting a gloomy future for decades: One in which…...
SINGH – When elected officials wake up and candidates stand up
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (496+ words) Just given the law of probabilities, I assume elected officials who do ask themselves this dark question must exist somewhere. But they also must be extremely few and far between. I’ve met hundreds of local elected officials across the country,…...
ROTHENBURGER – Why there will be a big turnout in this civic election
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (549+ words) ‘WAIT, WHAT? Have you finally lost it, Mel? A big turnout?’ Well, no, I haven’t. There’s always much fretting about low turnouts in our civic elections and, given past results, it’s not unfounded, but current conditions suggest 2026 will be different....
BUSINESS BEAT – Poll: Most Americans oppose Trump’s war on Canada
1+ week, 5+ day ago (69+ words) ArmchairMayor.ca How most Americans feel about Trump’s trade war with Canada, a huge show of confidence by the nation’s largest grocery chain, and how most Albertans feel about separation…in your Sept. 1, 2026 edition of Canada’s Business Beat with Bob…...
ROTHENBURGER – The man who wanted to be leader of the province
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (403+ words) ONCE UPON A TIME, there was a man who wanted to be our leader. When his party turned him down, he quit, announced he’d sit as an independent, then picked a different party. No, I’m not talking about Peter Milobar,…...
EDITORIAL – Milobar could be the undoing of the BC Conservatives
2+ week, 4+ day ago (242+ words) An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO, ANOTHER NEW PARTY for British Columbia. Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar and Delta MLA Ian Paton will form a new centre-right party. It will be, they say, an alternative to the BC Conservatives, the…...
TRUMP LOGIC – Canada wants the benefits of being the 51st state
3+ week, 20+ hour ago (21+ words) ArmchairMayor.ca Copyright © 2026 Create a website or blog at WordPress.com...
EDITORIAL – Sometimes, Donald, Canada has to stop playing Nice Guy
3+ week, 1+ day ago (625+ words) Carney and Trump in the Oval Office. (Image: Screenshot, White House video) An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE SHOULD ALL be proud Canadians today. The Orange Bully pushed and pushed and we stood our ground — no bad deals. Prime Minister…...
BUSINESS BEAT – Will Canadians buy or boycott American liquor products?
3+ week, 2+ day ago (61+ words) ArmchairMayor.ca How YOU are driving Canada’s economic well-being, another hit for B.C.’s economy, and will Canadians buy or boycott American liquor products? Your Aug. 26 edition of Canada’s Business Beat with Bob Price. Click on the microphone to link…...