VIEWPOINT – Was it just a happy coincidence, or meant to happen?
WE WERE JUST about to turn away from a bus stop in Aberdeen, when we realized that we couldn’t take the bus. My friend and I forgot our student cards — for the first [Continue]
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NEWSTROM – Our brain cells are like the sand of the Thompson River
LAST WEEK the mind topic was my bashed finger (the ring finger on my right hand) and the embarrassing question, did I arrange my own victim situation (18 bloody [Continue]
KNOX – Criticism of English usage, the gift that keeps on gifting
THE BBC thinks I should put down my pitchfork. Or, to be precise, a BBC.com opinion piece has — as a surprising number of readers alerted me gleefully — branded me a [Continue]
FORSETH – What happened to ‘scientific evidence’ for legal age on pot?
AT THE AGE of 18, without parental consent, what legal rights do individuals in British Columbians have? Well it’s pretty minimal. Basically you have the right to vote [Continue]
PETERS – The alt-right can call us elites, but we’ll take it as a compliment
e-lite or é-lite: (French élite, from Old French eslite, from feminine past participle of eslire, to choose, from Latin eligere): The best or most skilled members of a [Continue]
PASSING – ‘Busy man’ John Dormer, former mayor, passes away at 72
John Dormer was fond of saying, “If you want something done, give the job to a busy man.” He knew what he was talking about — throughout his years in Kamloops, he was [Continue]
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