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HAMSON – Five minutes to a better understanding of our governments

July 24, 2026 // 2 Comments

By NICHOLAS HAMSON Guest Columnist ONE OF THE BIGGEST misconceptions I have noticed is not that people dislike government. It is that many people simply do not know which [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – AI Labs recruit philosophers to explore consciousness

July 23, 2026 // 1 Comment

DESPITE PHILOSOPHY’S importance in asking the big questions, relatively few people actually earn a living doing philosophy. That’s changing with the explosion of [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – We are Americans who reject the Revolution

July 16, 2026 // 0 Comments

“HISTORICALLY, a Canadian is an American who rejects the Revolution,” Canadian literary critic and scholar Northrop Frye once said. With what the USA has become, run by a [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Will Alberta be happy with another pipeline through B.C.?

July 9, 2026 // 1 Comment

THEY WEREN’T HAPPY after we bought the first one for them. It cost Canadians $34 billion and took six years to build. We received little thanks for our gift. Albertans [Continue]

SINGH – When the taps ran dry in Kamloops

July 7, 2026 // 3 Comments

By ARJUN SINGH The Kamloops Chronicle THE EAST KAMLOOPS water main break — which cut off water to a large swath of the city — is arguably the most serious failure of [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Ozempic’s effects go well beyond losing weight

July 2, 2026 // 1 Comment

THE MASS MEDICATION of a weight reduction drug is giving hope to millions. Its effects will go beyond weight loss. About 3 million now use GLP-1s such as Ozempic. Now [Continue]