GINTA – Food should never be wasted
SINCE MOVING to Kamloops five years ago I continue to be amazed at the abundance of summer bounty materialized as fresh produce. I will never reconcile to the presence of [Continue]
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GINTA – The time for trade offs should be behind us
IT’S A SMOKY morning in Kamloops and about to get smokier still, judging by the large plume riding down the North Thompson. I took the dog out for a walk but we’re [Continue]
GINTA – Challenging times bring out the best and worst in people
I WAS ALMOST done with writing this week’s column by Thursday last week. It was about the missing campfire ban; it was long overdue and its absence worrying. Then Friday [Continue]
GINTA – Consensus takes us a long way, but the truth takes us farther
IT’S THE DAY after fireworks and music and food trucks, the day when small glittery plastic maple leaves lie forgotten in the grass where yesterday’s crowds gathered [Continue]
GINTA – Our societal habit of not facing the true cost of life
A FEW DAYS ago, I was caught, yet again, in a conversation about lawns in Kamloops. How they should be green and the fact that some people manage to maintain them green all [Continue]
GINTA – To ban or not to ban junk food advertising directed at children
MY YOUNGEST was about six when he asked what a happy meal is. Someone at school had mentioned it. I said it’s a healthy meal that you eat with the people you love. Cheeky, [Continue]
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