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PETERS – The alt-right can call us elites, but we’ll take it as a compliment

April 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

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

April 14, 2017 // 1 Comment

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]

FORSETH – Shedding some light on those other B.C. political parties

April 14, 2017 // 1 Comment

EVERYONE is covering the main political parties in B.C. (ie: B.C. Liberals, B.C. NDP, B.C. Green Party), so I thought I would take a moment to shed some light on the B.C. [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Opioid use rises despite crisis; feels like 1908 again

April 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

AM I THE ONLY ONE not surprised that the opioid crisis has worsened? Despite the widespread distribution of naloxone kits to save lives from fentanyl overdose. Despite [Continue]

FORSETH – Todd Stone, Christy Clark, or any others in the B.C. Liberal government: ‘What Has Changed?’

April 12, 2017 // 1 Comment

SO, HOW MANY watched the Christy Clark Show on Global TV at the launch of the 2013 Provincial election? Sadly, I did a search for it at the old link, however it appears to [Continue]

NEWSTROM – What does free birch firewood have to do with the brain?

April 11, 2017 // 1 Comment

BASHED FINGER really hurts. Thursday this last week I was on my way back from a tasty lunch at Motivos when I noticed the tree butchers on my rental property massacring [Continue]