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KNOX – Signs of hope, notes of caution among the latest pandemic news

February 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

YOU MIGHT RECALL a December column in which I urged weary readers to maintain COVID discipline, keep their Christmas celebrations small and hang on for what I assured them [Continue]

SCHOOLS – New Parkcrest elementary school will give us a reason to celebrate

February 6, 2021 // 8 Comments

By JENNIFER WHITESIDE Minister of Education WHEN PARKCREST ELEMENTARY in Kamloops was destroyed in a fire in the fall of 2019, students and families were left heartbroken, [Continue]

JOHNSON – Quit your complaining and just pay the dog licence on time

February 5, 2021 // 3 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON Guest columnist A LITTLE ONLINE BIRDY tells me theres a hub bub going on about dog licensing, late fees and residents threatening to stop licensing their dog [Continue]

BEPPLE – Hard-working school teachers deserve a two-week spring break

February 3, 2021 // 5 Comments

YESTERDAY, OUT FOR my lunchtime walk, I happened to go by my neighborhood school. It was so wonderful to see groups of children running and playing together. The air filled [Continue]

GINTA – With cases growing, we need to change our strategy

February 2, 2021 // 1 Comment

IF YOU HAVE KIDS, you’ve likely been through a case or two of ,‘are we there yet?’ and like all parents who are presented with the question, you probably answered, [Continue]

KNOX – Takaya the wolf dies by hunter’s hand, but his memory lives on

January 31, 2021 // 1 Comment

CHERYL ALEXANDER hasn’t been back to Discovery Island that much since Takaya died. “It still feels a bit raw, knowing that he’s not here,” she says. The Victoria [Continue]