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BEPPLE – Transgender people are an important part of our community

November 18, 2020 // 1 Comment

NOVEMBER 13 to 19 is Transgender Awareness Week, a week that raises visibility of transgender people and issues they face. It is followed by Nov. 20, Transgender Day of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Keep patio extensions, lose the Fourth Avenue mall idea

November 18, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WOULD YOU sit outside on a downtown or Tranquille Corridor patio in the middle of December or January sipping a latte or having a sandwich? [Continue]

DR. BONNIE HENRY – Why B.C. doesn’t have a universal mask mandate

November 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

By DR. BONNIE HENRY B.C. Provincial Health Officer BRITISH COLUMBIANS have been nimble in adapting their individual actions to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our communities [Continue]

GINTA – We must be there for those who cannot afford to say ‘I’m tired’

November 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

IT’S TWO YEARS THIS NOVEMBER since I first met Jessie Simpson. I remember entering his room at the long-term care facility, wondering how it would go. Well, it was smiles [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Police need to ramp up transparency in crime reports

November 17, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVERY FEW DAYS, it seems, there’s a report from Kamloops RCMP about a break-in at a business. In many cases, a general location is [Continue]

LETTER – Column on patient care tower just Peters getting his nose out of joint

November 16, 2020 // 2 Comments

Re: Picture painted of patient care tower outbreak is far from complete, by James Peters Although I will agree that Worksafe could, and should do in-person inspections. RIH [Continue]