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PASSINGS – Gordon R. Gore, founder of the BIG Little Science Centre

November 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

A revered former teacher and the founder of the BIG Little Science Centre has died. The death of Gordon R. Gore was announced today (Nov. 11, 2020) by the science centre [Continue]

SUZUKI – U.S. election shows need to bend the arc toward justice

November 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

AFTER FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL in Ontario in the 1950s, I was awarded a scholarship from Amherst College in Massachusetts. After completing my undergraduate degree, I received [Continue]

BEPPLE: We can’t gather today but we’re together in remembrance

November 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

THIS IS A REMEMBRANCE DAY like no other in Kamloops. In years past, thousands have stood together at Riverside Park on damp ground under bare trees and grey skies. The [Continue]

REMEMBERING – Pvt. George McLean, a hero of Vimy Ridge

November 11, 2020 // 2 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER April 9, 1917, 5:29 a.m., Vimy Ridge, France Twenty thousand Canadian soldiers sat silently in their rat-infested, urine-soaked trenches, stretched out [Continue]

GINTA – Why the poppy is not a political statement

November 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

IT IS SUNDAY AFTERNOON as I write this, and we’re three days away from Remembrance Day on Nov. 11. A long-overdue and overlooked commemoration has also been recently [Continue]

EDITORIAL – COVID-19 outbreak at RIH site good reason not to relax

November 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK at Royal Inland Hospital’s patient care tower construction project should have us thinking twice about loosening up [Continue]