Editorials

Log yard at Canfor’s Houston sawmill which is closing in April 2023, idling more than 300 employees and many more in the trucking and logging sectors. (Angelique Houlihan photo/Houston Today)

Houston’s mayor makes pitch for economic assistance

The forestry-dependent community in northwestern B.C. is about to lose its major employer

City of Fernie City Hall through fall foliage on September 30, 2022. (Scott Tibballs / The Free Press)

Opinion: Vote, vote, vote in Fernie and the Elk Valley

The Free Press editor throws some numbers around

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Editorial: Politics, tourism and charity in the Elk Valley

The week that was had a little bit of everything

Editorial - Campaigns a great opportunity for community groups to be heard

Editorial – Campaigns a great opportunity for community groups to be heard

There’s no shortage of organizations that could do with a helping hand

Editorial - Campaigns a great opportunity for community groups to be heard
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Editorial – Voters think little of political opportunism

John Horgan is playing a very cynical game with his own government’s health message

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Editorial: Get ahead of fire risks

Editorial: Get ahead of fire risks

Fire is an annual threat to this part of the world, so why not be more proactive about it?

Editorial: Get ahead of fire risks
Soranne Floarea reflects on the concept of uncertainty in our lives. File Photo

EDITORIAL: Uncertainty and unpredictability

I ambled out of my house last week, barefoot, with a phone…

Soranne Floarea reflects on the concept of uncertainty in our lives. File Photo
EDITORIAL: Jagmeet Singh’s fight against racism

EDITORIAL: Jagmeet Singh’s fight against racism

Oh Canada. I say this not as a term of national pride…

EDITORIAL: Jagmeet Singh’s fight against racism
The Free Press editor, Paige Mueller reflects on the history of Pride Month. File Photo                                The Free Press editor, Paige Mueller reflects on the history of Pride Month. File Photo

EDITORIAL: The history of Pride Month

June marks Pride Month here in Canada and in many other places…

The Free Press editor, Paige Mueller reflects on the history of Pride Month. File Photo                                The Free Press editor, Paige Mueller reflects on the history of Pride Month. File Photo
Editorial by The Free Press staff. File Photo

EDITORIAL: searching for happiness

The Free Press reporter Soranne Floarea explores the meaning of happiness

Editorial by The Free Press staff. File Photo
Editor Paige Mueller shares her thoughts on Red Dress Day in this week’s editorial. File Photo

EDITORIAL: Remembering Red Dress Day

The Free Press editor Paige Mueller shares her take on Red Dress Day 2020

Editor Paige Mueller shares her thoughts on Red Dress Day in this week’s editorial. File Photo
EDITORIAL: Redefining fulfillment

EDITORIAL: Redefining fulfillment

Reporter Soranne Floarea gives her take on reaching fulfillment

EDITORIAL: Redefining fulfillment
The Free Press reporter Soranne Floarea reflects on life philosophy in times of crisis. File Photo

EDITORIAL: Practicing Amor Fati

The Free Press reporter Soranne Floarea reflects on life philosophy in times of crisis

The Free Press reporter Soranne Floarea reflects on life philosophy in times of crisis. File Photo
Remember to shop local and support small business. File Photo

EDITORIAL: How to support your local businesses

Now more than ever, it’s important to shop local whenever you can

Remember to shop local and support small business. File Photo
Editorial by The Free Press staff. File Photo

EDITORIAL: Kindness, happiness are just as contagious

I’ve got on a coffee stained shirt, the same one I’ve worn…

Editorial by The Free Press staff. File Photo
Editorial: Free Press editor bids farewell

Editorial: Free Press editor bids farewell

Not too long ago the thought crossed my mind that I might…

Editorial: Free Press editor bids farewell
OPINION: Affordable housing project approval the right decision for Fernie

OPINION: Affordable housing project approval the right decision for Fernie

Fernie Family Housing Society’s North End Court development to help address housing crisis

OPINION: Affordable housing project approval the right decision for Fernie
Inspector Joe Caravetta with the BC Conservation Service talks to locals at the Jaffray bear meeting held on January 8. Phil McLachlan/The Free Press

OPINION: Jaffray bear meeting good first step, but not enough

A large number of individuals attended the grizzly bear meeting in Jaffray…

Inspector Joe Caravetta with the BC Conservation Service talks to locals at the Jaffray bear meeting held on January 8. Phil McLachlan/The Free Press
President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Washington. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP)

Opinion: funding for Trump’s wall would be better spent on foreign aid

What do Tash Sultana, Donald Trump and Tony Abbott have in common?

President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Washington. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP)
Joe the cat. Photo: Facebook

DeMeer: Cats and dogs are reigning – and it’s wrong

Princeton editor Andra DeMeer tackles the issue placing pets over people

Joe the cat. Photo: Facebook
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