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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]

CHARBONNEAU – Provincial health ministers should stop bickering

December 29, 2016 // 1 Comment

THE PROVINCIAL health ministers should resolve in the New Year to stop bickering, take the money from the feds, and use it as intended. It’s a recurring bad movie, says [Continue]

FORSETH – Community gaming grants are fluctuating in the wrong direction

December 28, 2016 // 2 Comments

ON WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7, Peter Fassbender (Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development) released information about ongoing, and upcoming, changes it was making [Continue]