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BEPPLE – Small atrocities can lead to bigger ones, but humanity can win out

December 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

HISTORY IS MORE than an exercise in memorizing dates. It’s a way of understanding the present by what has happened in the past. In 1939, 17 German police battalions were [Continue]

GINTA – Gratefulness and Christmas wishes to come true

December 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

IT WAS 2 A.M. when the dog started growling in that way that means one thing: someone is too close to the house. Shortly after the growling, light beams started flickering [Continue]

PETERS – There are no sacred public spaces, including Riverside Park

December 22, 2018 // 4 Comments

IF YOU HEAD DOWN TO RIVERSIDE PARK on any given summer day, you’re likely to see members of the Kamloops Society for Creative Anachronism, also known as the Shire of [Continue]

BEPPLE – Choppy waters may be ahead as council swerves from its course

December 19, 2018 // 5 Comments

IT IS EARLY DAYS in the new Kamloops City Council, but it seems that there are some choppy waters ahead. One way of thinking about Council is that they are the rudder, and [Continue]

GINTA – Rewarding intolerance for Christmas ‘discrimination’

December 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

TWO DAYS AGO, while on an errand run, I met Michael, the homeless man who always has a smile on. He greeted me with ‘Merry Christmas’. Rather than question his assumption [Continue]

KNOX – A Christmas story in need of a happy ending

December 16, 2018 // 1 Comment

I MISS STUART McLEAN. Or, rather, I miss Dave and Morley, the characters the late CBC Radio storyteller created for The Vinyl Cafe. I miss them even though Dave, an unmade [Continue]