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KNOX – After a week in the sun comes the return flight from hell

February 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

CLIMBED ON a passenger jet the other day, which is what you do for penance after a week in the sun. The ordeal was pretty much as anticipated. The pleasant woman in the next [Continue]

FORSETH – Faith discrimination must be dealt with in a fair, equal and democratic way

February 16, 2017 // 9 Comments

TODAY (Thursday, Feb. 16) Members of Parliament will be voting on a Private Members’ Motion from Liberal MP Iqra Khalid (Mississauga-Erin Mills). Motion M-103 seems [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The new aether is sucking the life out of local TV

February 16, 2017 // 2 Comments

MEDIEVAL SCIENTISTS believed that radio waves were carried through a medium they called the aether. Seems sensible. If sound waves require a medium, why not radio waves? It [Continue]

McLEOD – Federal government too slow in reacting to opioid crisis

February 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

Excerpts from remarks by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 on Bill C37, The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. ALL [Continue]

GINTA – Where to from here or why changing our ways can spare some of the trouble ahead

February 13, 2017 // 3 Comments

AGAIN, A WEEK of many happenings. Like many of you who heard the story of the Kamloops couple who stopped to offer their help at an accident scene on the Coquihalla and were [Continue]

KNOX – Family Day? We barely have enough people for families

February 12, 2017 // 1 Comment

EVEN AFTER four years, it’s hard to get used to B.C.’s new(ish) Family Day. Not complaining, mind you. I’ll cheer whatever family you want — Corleone, Kardashian, [Continue]