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KNOX – In 2017, eat less kale, don’t break the maximum-item rule, and don’t correct the grammar

January 8, 2017 // 2 Comments

(Editor’s note: It’s worth pointing out that one of the things that makes Kamloops better than Victoria is that we’re allowed more items.) ‘IT’S [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Legalize heroin and save lives

January 5, 2017 // 1 Comment

LEGAL OPIATES are being used to adulterate illegal ones with tragic consequences. More than 800 British Columbians were killed in fentanyl-related overdoses last year. Many [Continue]

McQUARRIE – United Nations ‘club’ isn’t perfect but it does inspiring work

January 3, 2017 // 1 Comment

DONALD TRUMP, in his usual self-obsessed and vulgar way, decided to trash the UN in one of his Boxing Day tweets. Likely responding to the UN Security Council’s Resolution [Continue]

GINTA – It’s that promising time of the year, a time for new beginnings

January 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

ON THE FIRST DAY of the year, I had the sweet chance to hold an 11-day-old baby for a few minutes. It’s a form of therapy you could say. Blissfully unaware of the hubbub [Continue]

KNOX – ‘A washed-up, balding, semi-literate journalist from Kamloops’

January 1, 2017 // 7 Comments

THE TRUMP supporters didn’t like me much in 2016. “Interesting take in your column today,” wrote one the day after the election. “It guarantees you will continue to [Continue]

FORSETH – Final thoughts on 2016

December 31, 2016 // 1 Comment

2016 IS HOURS away from wrapping up, and a new year looms just over the horizon. Before I go, though, I took some time this morning to have a look back at some stories from [Continue]