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PETERS – Apollo astronauts embodied human instinct for exploration

July 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE APOLLO 11 mission that saw humans land on the moon for the first time, it is appropriate that we ask the question, what are we doing in space? [Continue]

PETERS – Plastic bags get a bad rap, but we need better options to handle them

July 13, 2019 // 1 Comment

WHEN IT COMES TO the plastic bags we get at the grocery store, the term ‘single-use’ may be a misnomer. Most of the time, it’s really easy to find a second or third use [Continue]

PETERS – With the bottle cap challenge, at least no one ate laundry detergent

July 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

KEEPING UP WITH VIRAL PHENOMENA is not exactly my strength, but it was impossible this week to escape videos of the bottle cap challenge. In these videos, celebrities set a [Continue]

PETERS – Province’s mental health strategy ignores seniors

June 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

MEDICAL SCIENCE HAS DONE WONDERS to keep us alive longer. As of 2011, Canadian life expectancy was 81.7 years. That means in less than a century, life expectancy increased by [Continue]

PETERS – Safe return home of missing man gives us reason to keep hoping

June 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

IF NEWS IS SUPPOSED TO BE stories that are unexpected or out of the ordinary, then the biggest news story of the week wasn’t the approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline [Continue]

PETERS – Elected officials can’t separate their private and public personas online

June 15, 2019 // 1 Comment

PEOPLE CURSE OTHERS OUT and resort to abuse on social media. That’s no surprise.When it’s a city councillor doing the cussing, though, it’s worth some scrutiny.Kamloops [Continue]

PETERS – Near-miss video reminds us how close we come to disaster daily

June 8, 2019 // 3 Comments

A CLOSE CALL VIDEO posted to YouTube this week has thousands of people appreciating the value of dashcams. The video shows a car turning left from Highway 97 onto Highway 99, [Continue]

PETERS – Raptors fandom holds a mirror to how we feel about Canada

June 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE TORONTO RAPTORS kicked off their first appearance in the NBA Finals the right way Thursday, beating the favoured Golden State Warriors comfortably. There’s a decent [Continue]

PETERS – On abortion and women’s health, listen to women, not me

May 25, 2019 // 1 Comment

I DON’T WRITE AND SPEAK very often from a first person point of view, because I’d rather not bring myself into most of the topics I discuss. It’s my opinion that I’m [Continue]

PETERS – McLachlin Report shows the legislature needs proper supervision

May 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE MANY WAYS adults act like children will never cease to be fascinating. From video game obsessions to adult colouring books, more and more grown-ups are trying to hold [Continue]

PETERS – Green Party a wasted vote no longer

May 11, 2019 // 2 Comments

IT WASN’T LONG AGO that the Green Party was generally believed to be a place reserved for the strictest of idealogues, and otherwise a place to waste your vote. People [Continue]

PETERS – Government delays for retail cannabis more than just a hiccup

May 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

IMAGINE STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS. You want to open up a neighbourhood beer and wine store. It’s a highly regulated business, so you go through all the government hoops [Continue]

PETERS – Decriminalizing drug use can’t make the problem much worse

April 27, 2019 // 0 Comments

THERE ARE TWO PLAUSIBLE EXTREMES when it comes to the legal system’s handling of drug possession. On one extreme is Singapore, which has capital punishment and uses it 70 [Continue]

PETERS – Ultra-rich raised $1 billion for Notre Dame with unsettling speed

April 22, 2019 // 1 Comment

THE TRAGEDY OF THE FIRE that damaged the Notre Dame Cathedral has touched the entire world. Even those who have never visited the iconic landmark are expressing sadness that [Continue]