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TAUBE – Did bombastic hockey commentator deserve to lose his job?

November 13, 2019 // 5 Comments

DON CHERRY, one of Canada’s best-known media personalities, was fired by Sportsnet after a rant about immigrants, poppies and Remembrance Day. His termination shockingly [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Cellphone addiction in schools needs to be broken

November 13, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A BAN ON CELLPHONES IN SCHOOLS has gone into effect in Ontario. Good for Ontario. Many educators defend allowing students the use of [Continue]

BEPPLE – Many reasons to wear poppies, many reasons some don’t

November 13, 2019 // 6 Comments

REMEMBRANCE DAY IS OVER. Aside for a few sorrowful poppies in the gutter, remembering is set aside for another year. Controversy engulfed Remembrance Day this year with Don [Continue]

POLICE – Dead Anglemont pair identified but RCMP withhold names

November 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

Police have identified two people found dead in an Anglemont home early last week but they aren’t saying who they are. The B.C. RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Don Cherry was right about one thing in his poppy rant

November 12, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE WAS ANOTHER HUGE TURNOUT for the annual Remembrance Day ceremonies at Riverside Park on Monday as we joined Canadians across the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Are the 2015 and 2020 PAC plans really ‘totally different’?

November 9, 2019 // 8 Comments

‘THIS ONE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.’ You’ve probably heard that line more than once from proponents of the new performing arts centre proposal, and you’ll most certainly [Continue]