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CHARBONNEAU – The supervolcano that is quietly cooking next door to us

December 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE HORRIFIC DEATHS of 16 tourists on White Island, New Zealand, are a reminder of the lethal force of volcanoes. Lillani Hopkins, a 22-year-old student, witnessed the [Continue]

BEPPLE – In dark times, there are people who continue to shine light

December 18, 2019 // 3 Comments

I LOVE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. In this darkest time of the year, they make the whole city glow. But last weekend, as I drove for Operation Rednose, I gained a whole new [Continue]

GINTA – The things the Christmas train brings about

December 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

SO THIS IS HOW I STARTED writing my column for this week, because of this upsetting and about to get uglier issue… Here we are again, on the cusp of having new vaping [Continue]

FORSETH – Who spent what among B.C.’s Members of the Legislature

December 16, 2019 // 2 Comments

THERE WAS LOTS to digest in the latest Accountability and Expense Reports for individual MLA’s, their offices, and more — for the period of April 1 to Sept. 30, 2019. [Continue]

KNOX – Some bad new’s: its about the death of the apostrophe

December 15, 2019 // 6 Comments

THEY BURIED THE APOSTROPHE the other day. He was a tiny little fellow, made even smaller by being curled up like that, so it didn’t take much to build the coffin. The only [Continue]

PETERS – Will Andrew Scheer be the last social conservative to lead the Tories?

December 14, 2019 // 1 Comment

ANDREW SCHEER’S RESIGNATION this week was a bombshell that even his caucus didn’t expect. If he was going to resign, the logical time would have been sooner after the [Continue]