KNOX – When your name spells virus, all you can do is smile
MIKE LAM was a little wary when his brother Jim changed the message on the marquee outside their Colwood store this spring. “CORONA FOODS, NOT CORONA VIRUS,” it read. No [Continue]
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FORSETH – Trudeau’s quest for UN Security Council seat is just vanity
ON MARCH 16, 2016 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced our country would be seeking a place amongst the 10 non-permanent members of the United Nations (UN) Security [Continue]
PETERS – Social media killed nuance and replaced it with the ‘take’
I WOULD HATE TO BE RUNNING a high school debate club in 2020. Normally, I’m squarely in the camp of ‘the good old days were mostly bad.’ But one thing that seems to get [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Low-income taxpayers could benefit from auto filing
MANY LOW-INCOME CANADIANS are missing out on benefits because they don’t file tax returns. While most Canadians — including me — think of what they owe at tax time, [Continue]
BEPPLE – As the lockdown eases, we must remember what could have been
AS WE EMERGE from the worst of the COVID-19 lockdown in B.C., one wonders why we went into lockdown to begin with. Especially in the Interior of the province. Or that’s [Continue]
GINTA – This is a good time to reconsider food production, processing
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I went to pick up an order from the local Bulk Barn store. They are the revolutionary ‘bring your (any) container to refill’ buy-in-bulk business, [Continue]
FORSETH – Ground rules for returning kids to school need to be clarified
ON JANUARY 21 Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, issued the first of dozens and dozens of updates on what became [Continue]
McQUARRIE – Better than nothing – the Canadian motto for seniors’ care
IT SEEMS WE WHO HAVE worked long enough to qualify for Old Age Security (OAS) and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) are going to get a one-time COVID-19 payment. It will come [Continue]
PETERS – Grit your teeth and be kind to the Albertan horde this long weekend
IT’S THE MAY LONG WEEKEND and that means British Columbians are once again preparing for an invasion. It happens every year: our eastern flank is overwhelmed and our [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Bubble families emerge from the pandemic
PROVINCES ARE ALLOWING THE EXPANSION OF FAMILY UNITS to include friends and family. The selection of who’s in and who is out is tricky. B.C.’s provincial health officer, [Continue]
BEPPLE – Pandemic offers a chance to make city streets more people friendly
KAMLOOPS HAS a new traffic and transportation engineer. It’s a job that seems to have a lot of comings and goings, as you might say. Traffic, as in rush hour traffic. [Continue]
GINTA – One step at a time: reminders of hope and resilience
WHEN I GROW OLD AND WISE, and if I ever get to be 101 years old, I want to be like John Hillman. You may have seen the news about this gentleman, but if you haven’t, well, [Continue]
PETERS – We don’t always agree with mom but we don’t doubt her motives
THE METAPHOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AS A FAMILY is one that extends beyond the surface. And Dr. Bonnie Henry is clearly our mother in that metaphor. Rather than responding to [Continue]
FORSETH – Few drivers on road but ICBC stubbornly refuses to give us rebates
JUST THE OTHER DAY our government owned Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, ICBC sent out a media release that began with the following eight words … “With [Continue]
