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THE DRUG CRISIS – April illicit drug death numbers second highest ever

May 31, 2017 // 1 Comment

VICTORIA – The number of illicit drug deaths in B.C. continues to be a major cause of concern, with April 2017 showing the second-highest recorded numbers in a single [Continue]

HEALTH – Health-care wait times cost patients millions in time, wages

May 31, 2017 // 2 Comments

By BACCHUS BARUA Senior Economist The Fraser Institute FOR MORE than two decades, the Fraser Institute has annually surveyed specialist physicians across Canada to estimate [Continue]

COMMUNITY – What’s the big deal about volunteer work?

May 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

I KEEP HEARING from older volunteers that it’s getting harder to find younger folks to volunteer for civil society board work. When I tell people I’m on five boards, I [Continue]

RURAL LIVING – Taking stock down on the farm with cows, chickens and lambs

May 29, 2017 // 1 Comment

KEMPTVILLE, Ont. – Last year, sun worshippers were pleased to see no sign of rain for weeks on end in eastern Ontario. Spring faded into summer without the seasonal showers [Continue]

POLICE – Body of missing Cache Creek fire chief found

May 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

The body of Cache Creek fire chief Clayton Cassidy has been found. Members of the Ashcroft fire department were doing a regular patrol of Cache Creek about 10:30 p.m. [Continue]

BOOKS – The Road to Camelot offers fresh insights into JFK mythology

May 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

THIS IS John F. Kennedy’s centenary year – he was born on May 29, 1917. And the books keep coming, the latest being Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie’s The Road to [Continue]