GINTA – Helping youth succeed makes for a better society
I JUST READ an uplifting news story. It was about the tuition waiver program for the former youth in care. About 1,119 young people got a fresh start in life due to the [Continue]
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GINTA – Food studies versus reality and common sense
YOU CAN SAFELY FILE IT under ‘Another day, another food study.’ Followed by… now what? Case in point: the recent meat-centered study coming from Dalhousie and McMaster [Continue]
GINTA – We can save ourselves from being buried in our own waste
LOGICALLY SPEAKING, our waste-related problems would be much smaller if consumption would decrease to begin with. When less product is consumed, less waste is produced. [Continue]
GINTA – The complex price of hoaxes; threats are more than mistakes
WHEN I RETURNED home from walking the dog that morning my youngest was still at home. Enthusiastic Grade 8 student that he is, skipping was out of the question. He had walked [Continue]
GINTA – B.C.’s wolves are still being killed but will that save the caribou?
I WILL SAVE YOU the suspense. The answer is not likely, according to many wildlife researchers who have studied the issue from all sides because of what’s at stake, which [Continue]
GINTA – Once again, we have learned the meaning of community
A LOT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ALREADY about the recent disaster that destroyed Parkcrest Elementary. It shook the entire city and it left many in tears. It will take a while to [Continue]
GINTA – Let’s help our young ones quit once and for all
IT IS AN INTERESTING CASE of ‘better than smoking’ that has been adopted by many. Vaping, they said, does not present the same risks as cigarettes do. That many [Continue]
GINTA – Cimate change is everybody’s problem
THE FACT THAT there are still people who debate whether the environmental (and social) phenomena collectively known as climate change is caused by human activity is, to put [Continue]
GINTA – There is room for improvement in road safety
IT MAKES ME THINK of a game of peek-a-boo every time I see it. A police officer with a radar gun hides behind a tree or an object big enough to hide his or her presence. If [Continue]
GINTA – When compassion is missing, the consequences can be deadly
LAST WEEK on Wednesday evening a 14-year-old lost his life to a suspected overdose. Carson Crimeni was alone as he struggled to stay alive, after being surrounded by a crowd [Continue]
GINTA – We have it so good here
THERE’S NO OTHER way to put it. Being away from Kamloops for a few days makes it ring true, yet again. It happens mostly when I am stuck in slow traffic as I approach [Continue]
GINTA – Good food grows close to home
HAVE YOU READ THE ONE about the fake honey? There is lots of it in Canada, almost 23 percent of the tested samples proved to be sticky mix of corn syrup and sugar derived [Continue]
GINTA – Kamloops must do better at accessibility for visually impaired
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU WERE DOING on the morning of May 16 at 7:45 or so? Todd Harding does. He was walking downtown to his work with his guide dog, Luke. The pair stopped [Continue]
GINTA – Common sense can make our roads safer, but that’s not enough
THERE IS HARDLY a week or weekend that goes by without news of car crashes on our highways or within city limits. One too many of them are fatal. Whether you are a driver, [Continue]
