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KNOX – A century ago, a secret potlatch continued an indigenous tradition

December 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

BILL CRANMER FIGURES his dad held his potlatch at this time of year to show that the ceremony, with its spiritual significance, gift-giving and feasting, was similar to the [Continue]

KNOX – Lighting it up at Christmas as pushback against the pandemic

December 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

PEOPLE LIKE TO FLASH IT UP when times get tough. The chair of the Estée Lauder board made that point 20 years ago when he coined the term Lipstick Index to describe his [Continue]

KNOX – Leaders damned if they show up at disasters, damned if they don’t

November 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

NATURAL DISASTERS can be disastrous for politicians. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was scorned for shoe-shopping in New York as Hurricane Katrina hammered New Orleans in [Continue]

KNOX – If November were set to music, it would be a country hurtin’ song

November 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

HAD ENOUGH OF NATURAL DISASTER this week? Floods, mudslides, washouts, the Canucks. Doesn’t help that the storm, followed by an unsettling avalanche of stories about its [Continue]

KNOX – Shipping containers have been spilling their bounty for many years

October 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

EVEN BEFORE THE FLAMES on the container ship were extinguished, some clever soul set up a @ZimKingston parody account on Twitter. “We have engaged local salvage experts to [Continue]

KNOX – Here’s the proper way to act when you finally win the Lottery

October 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

SOMEBODY IN BURNABY bought a Lotto Max ticket worth $70 million last week. Dunno who. If anyone claimed the prize, the biggest in B.C. history, they haven’t announced it. [Continue]