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PETERS – Link between health and happiness may explain dissatisfaction

June 18, 2022 // 1 Comment

THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE WEEK may have come on Monday, when Statistics Canada released some results from its Canadian Social Survey. It reported that the province whose [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Bitcoin fervour turns evangelical

June 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

DESPITE HEAVY LOSSES by investors who see their money evaporate overnight in what has been called a Ponzi scheme, the faithful never give up hope that cryptocurrencies will [Continue]

KNOX – Welcome back to the slumber game – let’s play ball

June 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

“You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church.” — Bill (Spaceman) Lee, best-selling author and 14-year Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox pitcher ALAS, BILL [Continue]

MILOBAR – Horgan government’s priorities are extremely troubling

June 11, 2022 // 2 Comments

By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson WHEN IT COMES to the NDP’s priorities, our kids seem to be way at the bottom of the list. First, we heard John Horgan’s [Continue]

PETERS – ‘Good person with a gun’ theory didn’t work in Uvalde

June 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

NEW INFORMATION that has emerged in the investigation into the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas is shocking to many Americans as it tears down one of the pillars on which [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Why was the RIH emergency ward out of pillows?

June 10, 2022 // 11 Comments

By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist HELLO, Lynne Stonier-Newman here, a social marketing and communication consultant, and a B.C. historian and author. During the past [Continue]