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Opinion News
Participating in Canada’s recreational hockey boomer boom
I am at an age now where teams in my hockey league don’t discuss injuries. We’re getting to the stage now of discussing procedures. Wayne Gretzky...
How Canadians lie – and how we justify telling untruths
This is the first of three columns that explore Canadians' relationship with the truth, based on polling from Research Co. and Glacier Media. One of the...
Carbon taxes driving food prices higher
On April 1, the carbon tax will be set at $65 per metric tonne. We are slowly marching towards a carbon tax of $170 per metric tonne by 2030, more than double...
We must fix our failure to fight online hate and harassment
For seven years, Jody Vance’s world was turned upside down, inside out, scrambled, stalked, shattered and scarred. For merely the next year, the man who...
Opinion: Canada Revenue Agency raking in more taxes due to 'shrinkflation'
As if "shrinkflation" wasn’t painful enough for all of us, it looks like the taxman is making shrinking packages even more painful for our...
Advice: Tips to ensure sun rays are the only thing you catch on your vacation
Southern Interior residents have caught the travel bug. Two in five Canadians plan to travel in the next six months and with travel season here, it’s no...
Opinion: OpenAI will change our world including food industry
We all know that the food industry has been adopting AI slowly compared to other sectors. Well, that’s about to change. Rather, it is changing already....
Most in B.C. want inquiry into foreign election interference
Most British Columbians want a federal inquiry into foreign election interference, according to polling by Research Co. and Glacier Media | Serega Eplua / E+ /...
The old Tim Hortons we all know is just fading away
The ongoing internal feud at Tim Hortons between some franchisees and Restaurant Brands International, Inc. (RBI), Tim Hortons’ parent company, is nothing...
Opinion: Under new premier, old NDP spending ways rise anew
The NDP government under John Horgan watched its spending. Under David Eby, we get to watch it spend. The NDP government under Horgan struck the term...
Inside KGH's McNair unit: Demystifying psychiatric hospital care
A month ago, I was voluntarily admitted to the psychiatric ward at the McNair Unit at the Kelowna General Hospital. I was diagnosed with late-onset bipolar...
Opinion: Is robotic surgery coming to an operating room near you?
Can a robot do your knee replacement? The short answer is no, it cannot. There have been some recent news articles highlighting advances in robotic surgery in...
Asking “Where are you from?” is not inherently racist
Just before Christmas, the former “Lady in Waiting” to the late Queen Elizabeth, Lady Susan Hussey, apologized for what some asserted was a racist...
Your guide to creating achievable nutrition goals
As the clock struck midnight and 2023 began, we were met with that one question – what will my New Year’s resolution be? Whether it was to exercise...
Canada desperately needs 'real' discount grocery stores
This may come as a surprise to some Canadians, but our country doesn’t really have a real discount grocery chain. With higher food prices and a growing...
Opinion: Want to be healthy and happy? Get married
Marriage proposals on Valentine’s Day used to be a thing. Today, not so much. These days, many Canadians tell pollsters they think marriage is nice, but...
Data shows interest rate hikes now increasing inflation
After nearly a year of interest rate hikes designed to fight inflation, rents in Canada are going up, and food costs remain stubbornly high. And while they...
Rob Shaw: Eby offers civil service flexibility – will it help achieve his ambitious agenda?
B.C.’s civil service was abuzz this week after the new David Eby administration changed the rules on remote work, allowing thousands of government staff...
Opinion: More than half of British Columbians ready for a new PM, says poll
In February, a long-awaited meeting between the prime minister and the provincial and territorial premiers will take place in Ottawa. The discussions will...
Eby's spending spree might be smart politics, but it's bad economics
We are seeing more of the nature of our new premier. He is one-part eager beaver, one-part lone wolf. David Eby was the premier-in-waiting for many years. Had...
