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PETERS – Be careful to which celebrity doctors you give credence

April 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

POP QUIZ: what does Dr. Bonnie Henry have in common with Michael Jordan, The Rock and Kanye West? Answer: they all have their own shoes. Noted Vancouver shoe designer John [Continue]

FORSETH – ICBC saves millions and offers drivers peanuts

April 18, 2020 // 2 Comments

ACCORDING TO ICBC, total claims costs for the nine-month period of April to December of last year totaled $4.28 billion … that’s an average of just under five [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Canada could have stopped virus earlier but at what cost?

April 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE COMMON GOOD has to outweigh the misguided opinions of a few. Two nations have contrasting approaches to the control of COVID-19. One uses state-control, the other appeals [Continue]

POLICE – Man in custody after tire shop broken into, van stolen

April 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

A man is in custody after a tire shop was broken into and a van was stolen. Kamloops RCMP say they arrested a 49-year-old man in connection with a break and enter at Integra [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Trudeau’s Easter weekend set bad example in COVID-19 fight

April 16, 2020 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A BIG PART OF LEADERSHIP is setting a good example. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau failed to do that on the Easter long weekend as he said [Continue]

BEPPLE – Shining a light on the vulnerability of those in extended care homes

April 15, 2020 // 2 Comments

MANY YEARS AGO, I wrote a song about residents in an extended care home. The chorus goes like this: “I’m not dead yet, I’m not going leave, I’m not going ‘til [Continue]