Page One

JOHNSON – A story about how I quit smoking after almost 40 years

August 15, 2022 // 2 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON ArmchairMayor.ca Contributor THIS IS A STORY of how I stopped smoking cigarettes. First the disclaimer. I used vaping products. I do not in any way endorse [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Future isn’t so friendly with Telus money grab on credit-card fees

August 15, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FIRST IT WAS paying airlines for carrying our luggage. Then COVID sympathy tips began creeping in for just about everything we buy. And we [Continue]

KNOX – We live longer if we read, study says, but does quality matter?

August 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

News item: People who read more than 3½ hours a week lived 23 months longer than those who didn’t read at all, according to a study published in the journal Social Science [Continue]

PETERS – More than a passing fad, move to active transportation is exploding

August 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

AFTER SPENDING THE PAST FEW WEEKS travelling on Vancouver Island, the prevalence of so-called alternative modes of transportation really stood out to me. One of the most [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Warning signs are everywhere, and we should heed them

August 13, 2022 // 2 Comments

SIGNS ARE EVERYWHERE. Literally. I mean the physical ones, the kind we can read. We rely on them to tell us where to go, where not to go, what to do and…. what not to do. [Continue]

POLICE – Body of drowning victim recovered from Thompson River

August 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

A missing man presumed drowned in the Thompson River was located this morning (Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022). At around 8:35 a.m. Kamloops RCMP and Kamloops Fire and Rescue [Continue]