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POLICE – Fight in front of Lansdowne store ends with pepper-spray attack

June 1, 2017 // 1 Comment

A fight in front of the Lansdowne Street Dollarama store Wednesday night ended in a bear-spray assault. At about 6 p.m., Kamloops RCMP were called to the store on Lansdowne [Continue]

POLICE – Woman loses $15,000 through Facebook romance scam

May 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

NANAIMO — “He said he loved me and wanted to marry me. Why wouldn’t I send him money,” said a 67-year-old woman who fell victim to a Facebook scam and [Continue]

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]