Cell phones

KNOX – Private calls in public places? Consider them an invitation

October 30, 2022 // 0 Comments

I WAS ABOARD a ferry the other day, sailing back to civilization from Toronto-By-The-Fraser, when I overheard a fellow passenger discussing the “great sex” she planned [Continue]

LETTER – Rogers Communications failed the ‘most reliable network’ promise

July 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

An update received by Rogers customers today, July 13, 2022: Dear Valued Customers, Our network outage last Friday was unacceptable. Simply put, we failed on our promise to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Cellphone rates are way too high but what about dead zones?

December 3, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE AMOUNT WE PAY for the privilege of yakking and texting on our cellphones is downright uncivilized compared to people in other places. [Continue]

GINTA – Still using your phone while driving? Stop doing it

March 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

A FEW WEEKS AGO, I read a book that could not have a more sobering title: A Deadly Wandering – A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention, by Matt Richtel [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Make life more affordable? How about cutting cellphone rates?

February 20, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE B.C. BUDGET released yesterday totally failed in some areas, didn’t go far enough in others. Etc., etc. — that’s always the [Continue]

17 drivers talking on cell phones is way too many

August 4, 2014 // 2 Comments

MONDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — It was almost a footnote to a meeting of the City’s policing committee — Kamloops Speed Watch volunteers keeping watch on drivers had [Continue]