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MEHTA – Next-generation solar panels boost efficiency but may carry toxic risks

April 8, 2020 // 2 Comments

By MICHAEL D. MEHTA Thompson Rivers University AS OUR PLANET RACES towards a climate emergency, there is hope from some people that renewable energy will come to the rescue. [Continue]

HENRY – An explanation of why COVID19 communities are not named

April 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Dr. BONNIE HENRY B.C. Provincial Health Officer WHEN AN OUTBREAK hits a community, one of the most urgent things people want is information. This is human nature, as [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kamloops economy will have to re-invent itself after COVID-19

April 8, 2020 // 1 Comment

WALKING ALONG VICTORIA STREET in downtown Kamloops is like walking into a ghost town. Store after store is shuttered and closed. On each doorway is a stark notice stating [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Democracy by videoconference – ‘Can you hear me now?’

April 8, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DEMOCRACY IS A FRAGILE THING, a fact being demonstrated during this COVID-19 pandemic. Governments at all levels — federal, provincial and [Continue]

GINTA – Dreaming about better days helps us get through the current one

April 7, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE PEOPLE I KNOW are now unequally divided in two groups. The first, by far the largest, is composed of those who take physical distancing to heart and roll with it the best [Continue]

EDITORIAL – To wear a mask, or to not wear a mask – that is the question

April 7, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO, SHOULD WE WEAR MASKS, or not? Early on in the pandemic, we were told not to bother wearing a mask unless we were sick. A mask might help [Continue]