Opinion

Rothenburger — Things we’d think about on B.C. Day if we could remember

August 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

COLUMN — This is the B.C. Day long weekend. It’s B.C. Day on Monday, though nobody knows why. Mostly, it seemed like a good idea at the time. We were feeling, back in [Continue]

Knox — If taxis can enforce a vomit tax, what about buses?

August 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

Jack Knox is a Kamloops high school graduate who now writes stuff for the Victoria Times Colonist. We gratefully publish his column here each Sunday. COLUMN — “Passengers [Continue]

Rogers — Readers are wising up to clickbait tactics

August 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

Mark Rogers writes a column about social media and hosts a blog at http://www.newsonaut.com. COLUMN — For many websites, revenue from advertising depends on getting as many [Continue]

Youds — Cool, gorgeous Mara Canyon needs some work

August 2, 2014 // 4 Comments

COLUMN — Mara Canyon could have been deadly last Wednesday afternoon. Just 15 minutes from downtown Kamloops, you can descend within a couple of minutes from sagebrush and [Continue]

Ginta — The sun is your friend until it’s not

August 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

Daniela Ginta writes for The Armchair Mayor News each Friday. COLUMN — Every time I have to drive somewhere midday I’m in the hot seat, literally. It is the time of day [Continue]

Charbonneau — Cultivate the thinner inner-you

July 31, 2014 // 0 Comments

COLUMN — Research indicates that you can lose weight by cultivating greater diversity of bacteria in your gut, says Claudia Wells in Scientific American. “New evidence [Continue]