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KNOX – Even a map dowser couldn’t turn up winning $1 million lotto ticket

January 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

THIS HURTS. Hurts almost as much as Canada’s loss to Finland in the world juniors. Worse, if you’re a lottery player. A $1-million lottery ticket that was sold in [Continue]

FORSETH – How many times does govt have to announce something?

January 5, 2019 // 7 Comments

BC NDP government hoping to score 3 times the brownie points with re-announcement, of a previous announcement, that in itself was a re-announcement OKAY, MAYBE YOU LOST ME [Continue]

PETERS – Justin Trudeau re-elected and other predictions for 2019

January 5, 2019 // 3 Comments

IT’S A NEW YEAR, and that means new news stories in 2019. But there will also be a number of existing news stories continuing to develop this year. Here’s my best [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Canada will become more multilingual this year

January 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT intends to enact the Indigenous Languages Act before the next election in October this year. The act will recognize the use of Indigenous languages as [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Ditch the stoner image of cannabis users

January 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

NOW THAT CANNABIS is legal in Canada a more accurate picture of users is emerging. Cannabis users are coming out into the daylight and they don’t look like what’s [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kamloops a good place for Justin Trudeau to practice his B.C. pitch

January 2, 2019 // 4 Comments

PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau is coming to Kamloops Jan. 9 for a fundraiser. At $300/ticket, it might seem a bit steep for a riding where the Liberal candidate came third in [Continue]