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McQUARRIE – New president has a Knaak for moving chamber forward

April 3, 2018 // 3 Comments

I RECENTLY MET up with Joshua Knaak, the new president of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce and for those who follow this column on a regular basis, you know that Mr. Knaak [Continue]

GINTA – Building a better world, one book at a time

April 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

CANADA READS 2018 has wrapped up. The winning book is Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto, defended by Jeanne Beker. I am looking forward to reading it; the rest that were in the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – In defence of Facebook

March 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

I LIKE FACEBOOK but I’m not an apologist for the social media giant. Facebook has done things wrong. They failed to prevent Cambridge Analytica from gathering detailed [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Exoneration of Chilcotin War chiefs an important step

March 27, 2018 // 2 Comments

Comments by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in Parliament on Monday, March 26, 2018 on the Liberal government’s exoneration of Chilcotin chiefs involved in [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Mr. Dressup – It’s a tradition you don’t want to mess with

March 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

AS I WRITE this column, I realize it may cause some readers to wonder if I’ve gone to the dark side. They’ll point, while avoiding eye contact and suggest I’ve lost [Continue]

GINTA – The garbage of spring – nature alone can’t defend itself from humans

March 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

FEW ARE THE things able to ward off the ugly memory of the growing garbage revealed by the melting snowpack. Where garbage lies, there are also cheery birds such as robins [Continue]