GINTA – Still using your phone while driving? Stop doing it
A FEW WEEKS AGO, I read a book that could not have a more sobering title: A Deadly Wandering – A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention, by Matt Richtel [Continue]
Local Voices
McQUARRIE – Electorate is actually more united than it is divided
MANUFACTURING VOTER UNEASE and suspicions as a means of achieving party ambitions has become the divisive tool of choice for many a politician. And polarizing public opinion [Continue]
KNOX – Do Fido a big favour and don’t toss your roach or leave edibles out
IT WASN’T A BIG DOG that staggered into the Juan de Fuca Veterinary Clinic, but not a super-small one, either. Probably weighed 20 pounds. “We don’t know what’s [Continue]
PETERS – Let’s not make the latest mass shooter into a celebrity
THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE MOSQUE ATTACKS in New Zealand is in its early stages, but we do know a few things about what happened. Dozens of people were killed at two mosques [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Wilson-Raybould: a uniquely Canadian scandal
SCANDAL IN BRITAIN brought down the Conservative government in 1963 when it was revealed that model and nightclub dancer Christine Keeler had slept with British and Russian [Continue]
BEPPLE – Extending bus and library services is a part of reconciliation
WHEN I WAS a young girl, I lived in a small town surrounded by First Nations Indian Bands. Even so, I had almost no interactions with local First Nations people. Their [Continue]
GINTA – ‘Beyond Climate’ supplies reason for hope
THERE IS AT LEAST ONE REASON why more than 700 people packed the Grand Hall of the Campus Activity Centre at TRU last Friday for the screening of Dr. Ian Mauro’s newest [Continue]
KNOX – Be careful what you wear – clothing is piling up in our landfills
NEWS ITEM: Fashion-conscious British Columbians are clogging landfills with discarded clothing.“ Is that a new shirt?” she asked.“Yes,” I replied brightly. “I [Continue]
PETERS – Here’s why the government’s SNC-Lavalin controversy is so important
MY 2019 PREDICTIONS COLUMN looks a little shaky now — especially that prediction that the Trudeau Liberals will return to power in the fall vote. It might still happen, [Continue]
FORSETH – 20 minutes a day could make a big difference in seniors’ homes
LAST FRIDAY, March 1, the B.C. Ministry of Health announced that seniors in the interior of B.C. would be benefiting from a nearly $5.3-million investment for 2018-19 to [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Threat from Huawei gear is overblown
ALL NATIONS SPY on each other and they don’t need Huawei equipment to do so. The U.S. has targeted the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei for potential spy software [Continue]
BEPPLE – It’s sad so few women athletes are in Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame
THERE ARE SOME amazing individuals in Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame. From Kaye Kaminishi, to Mo Granger, from Bob Cowden to Dianne Barker, they exemplify not only what is [Continue]
GINTA – The antidote to Internet challenges is presence — the real kind
LIKE ALL PARENTS with school-age children, I received the district heads-up letter about the Momo challenge. By now most have are familiar with the strange, creepy face of [Continue]
McQUARRIE – We need to do something about the direction the Titanic is taking
YOUR COMMENTS ON my last column about day-care and taxation showed a unity of mind I wasn’t quite expecting. Yes, there was the expected, ‘Not my problem, not with my [Continue]
