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MacFADYEN – For better or worse, Canada and the U.S. are intertwined

June 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

IT’S FITTING that Canada and the United States both celebrate the official birth of their countries on two days so close together in July. The two nations’ historical [Continue]

COLLINS – Time for new theories on our great society

June 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

THIS SEEMS to be the week for theories. Our Armchair Mayor, who seems to be getting pretty relaxed in that couch of his, has been speculating on all sorts of things while he [Continue]

KNOX – Grassroots celebrations of Canada’s 150th birthday are best

June 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

WHAT’S REMARKABLE isn’t that Pauline Stewart persuaded 96 of her Songhees Point neighbours to hang flags from their condo balconies for Canada’s 150th. No, what’s [Continue]

NEWSTROM – The difference between believing and knowing isn’t always clear

June 25, 2017 // 1 Comment

MY RECENT readings and writing have been about the relationships between God (or one’s Higher Power, however you define it) and Quantum physics. The connectivity of [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Goodbye, Sears – mourning the end of the Wish Book era

June 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

THIS THING with Sears marks the end of an era, and the ending of eras is almost always sad. Fifty-nine stores closing, 2,900 jobs lost. It’s called [Continue]

PETERS – Keeping bylaw officers unarmed best choice in the long run

June 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE CITY of Kamloops is overhauling its bylaw department to make it a kinder, gentler group of professionals dedicated to implementing and enforcing the rules city council [Continue]