Merrifield Minute | Renee Merrifield

Aug 9, 20222 min

Do you feel safe?

Crime used to be a fairly small part of our Kelowna society. But not anymore. Last week, Statistics Canada confirmed what many of us are...

Aug 2, 20223 min

Fighting forest fires

Sitting in the lake in the Shuswap we looked up to see a plume of smoke on the side of the mountain. My heart sank. I remembered the year...

Jul 19, 20223 min

The slippery slope of secrecy

The Code of Silence award in the ‘Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy’ category was awarded to the BC NDP government last year....

Jul 13, 20223 min

Mental health is not optional

The mom and dad who are desperate to find a psychiatrist to help their son. The sibling who is trying to find his or her brother, despite...

Jul 5, 20223 min

Premier's plan to step down complicates B.C. politics

This past week, B.C.’s premier John Horgan announced he will retire. He plans to stay on until the new leader (of the NDP) is chosen in...

Jun 29, 20222 min

A Need For Family Doctors - why B.C.'s Urgent Primary Care Centre plan not working

Do you have a family doctor? Have you tried looking for one recently? The headlines last week railed against another ill-conceived plan...

Jun 21, 20223 min

There are better things to spend nearly $1 billion on...

“If I had a billion dollars…if I had a billion dollars…” Lately, the Barenaked Ladies song, "If I Had a Million Dollars" has been running...

Jun 21, 20222 min

Tax break at the gas pumps would help British Columbians

There has been a lot spoken about the cost of gas lately. My inbox is full of correspondence from people who are struggling to get by....

Jun 8, 20223 min

MLA Minute

This last two years of the pandemic taught us many things. First, it reinvented our lines of communication. Second, it has showed us how...