Donald Trump

CHARBONNEAU – Trump’s great idea: rake the forest floors clean

August 5, 2021 // 1 Comment

FORMER PRESIDENT Donald Trump has come up with another great idea. Everyone agrees that the source of wildfires is the buildup of flammable materials on the forest floor, so [Continue]

KNOX – Shaken by a handshake – the future of post-pandemic protocols

July 11, 2021 // 1 Comment

I SHOOK SOMEONE’S HAND this week. It felt like I cheated on my wife. Really, after a year and a half of self-conscious elbow bumps and sheepish head nods, it seemed wrong. [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Why people knowingly share falsehoods

May 27, 2021 // 2 Comments

IT USED TO BE that liars would be embarrassed when caught in their lies. But in our post-truth era, the truth is secondary to beliefs. Lies no longer result in humiliation. [Continue]

BEPPLE – Those who vandalized local CBC news vehicle are cowards

April 7, 2021 // 1 Comment

THIS PAST WEEKEND, Trump arrived in Kamloops, and it was an ugly scene. Using the words made famous by former U.S. president Donald Trump, one or more vandals spray painted [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The Trump presidency is dead; long live a return to decency

January 20, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. It’s official. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States today at an inaugural that went off with [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most GOP voters think Trump was ‘the greatest ever’

January 18, 2021 // 3 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 18, 2021 – One of the most unprecedented transitions of U.S. power in modern history – set for Wednesday – will for millions of [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Donald Trump’s big-tent coalition of the deluded

January 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ASSEMBLED a ragtag rabble of misfits into “Trump’s Army”. The disgraced president was able to unite marginalized groups in a way no other president [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Here’s to journalists who bravely bear witness to mayhem

January 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

THERE WAS A CERTAIN IRONY in finding a copy of The Epoch Times in my mailbox this week on the anniversary of the closing of The Kamloops Daily News. The Epoch Times is a [Continue]

POLITICS – Think the danger is past? Wrong; insurrection threat isn’t over

January 8, 2021 // 1 Comment

By JACK L. ROZDILSKY York University, Canada IN A DARK AND SURREAL MOMENT in American history, on the afternoon of Jan. 6, a group of Americans staged a violent protest by [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Blame goes much further than the man in the White House

January 7, 2021 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M TIRED OF BEING TOLD what a great country the United States is despite its current troubles. It’s not great anymore. This is not your [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians see Joe Biden’s election as a hopeful sign

November 18, 2020 // 2 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE November 18, 2020 – In 2016, Canadians fretted about the implications of a Trump presidency on U.S.-Canada relations. Four years later, the prospect [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Our PM has more power than a rational U.S. president

November 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

LET’S COMPARE THE POWERS of our prime minister and the U.S. president under the assumption that rational persons occupy the positions. Our P.M. has more powers than the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Two big reasons why we should wish Donald Trump well

October 5, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S VERY TEMPTING to let our small selves gloat over the predicament of President Donald Trump. The man who has downplayed — even [Continue]

POLITICS – Trump’s hospitalization may cause instability at the White House

October 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

By JACK L. ROZDILSKY York University, Canada WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT of President Donald Trump’s hospitalization for COVID-19, a dangerous situation is now unfolding at the [Continue]