Christmas

CHRISTMAS – We send fewer cards today, but they’re making a comeback

December 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

By JOANNE E. McNEISH Ryerson University FORTY YEARS AGO, the sending and receiving of Christmas greeting cards was one of the steps in declaring adulthood and establishing [Continue]

KNOX – Steady, boys, there’s plenty of time left to get your shopping done

December 22, 2019 // 1 Comment

STEADY, BOYS. Not yet. No need to panic. There’s plenty of time. Take your coat off, put the keys away, go back to the couch. The Seahawks are on TV today. Some nervous [Continue]

BEPPLE – In dark times, there are people who continue to shine light

December 18, 2019 // 3 Comments

I LOVE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. In this darkest time of the year, they make the whole city glow. But last weekend, as I drove for Operation Rednose, I gained a whole new [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Tank the cat and other stories of Kamloops’ generosity

December 14, 2019 // 1 Comment

IS IT ANY SURPRISE that Kamloops is the most generous city in Canada? According to GoFundMe, Tournament Capital residents gave more per capita through the fundraising [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Perpetual Black Friday isn’t as bad as we make it out to be

December 10, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IS IT OVER YET? A lot of exhausted shoppers must be asking that question after more than two weeks of pre-Christmas sales. There was Black [Continue]

KNOX – How an innocent typo summoned Satan to Christmas parade

December 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

OLD NICK SHOWED UP at the Comox Valley Christmas parade last Sunday. No, not St. Nick. Old Nick. Beelzebub. Lucifer. Mephistopheles. Satan. Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells saw at [Continue]