Christmas

SCHOOL BOARD – Tis not the only season for giving in School District 73

December 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

By CARA McKELVEY Trustee, School District 73 WELL, DECEMBER IS UPON US and throughout the Kamloops-Thompson region the giving season is truly underway. The Salvation Army’s [Continue]

KNOX – Risking life and limb putting up lights for the holidays

December 3, 2019 // 1 Comment

GIVEN THE WEATHER forecast and time of year, chances are this is the weekend you put up your Christmas lights. I’ll call 911. Really, I know successful orthopedic surgeons [Continue]

GINTA – Let’s make the holidays this year about people, not sales

December 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

I HAVE THIS SIMPLE blade coffee grinder that I use for grinding flax seeds. It lost a knob during one of our many moves, but it still works. No points for looking pretty [Continue]

RELIGION – There’s a place for religion in common and public life

December 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

At a time of heightened social divisions and isolation, not to mention divisive politics, religious illiteracy is costly By RAY PENNINGS Executive vice-president Cardus [Continue]

GINTA – Gratefulness and Christmas wishes to come true

December 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

IT WAS 2 A.M. when the dog started growling in that way that means one thing: someone is too close to the house. Shortly after the growling, light beams started flickering [Continue]

GINTA – Rewarding intolerance for Christmas ‘discrimination’

December 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

TWO DAYS AGO, while on an errand run, I met Michael, the homeless man who always has a smile on. He greeted me with ‘Merry Christmas’. Rather than question his assumption [Continue]