Motel fire sent 3 to hospital
Racism follows outbreak
Taxi firms lose Uber fight
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Internet slower, more costly
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Deport social media partier
Virus testing centre torched
Trapped miners finally free
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60 years of the Beach Boys
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Opinion News
Pandemic drinking lessons
The last six months have been an interesting and trying experience, to say the least. They have taught me a lot about myself, my family and my relationship to...
Satellites will change ISPs
Elon Musk’s Starlink low Earth orbit (LEO) network has been awarded US$885 million over 10 years to build out rural internet access in the U.S. This was...
Overcoming the odds
As we look back on 2020, we might be tempted to focus on the challenges. However, I want to take a moment to reflect on the strength and resilience demonstrated...
Get ready for another one
Think you’re done with complaining about crass, ill-timed elections in the pandemic? Not yet. One more beckons. A big one. Another one we don’t...
Carbon tax short-sighted
COVID-19 has had an impact on Canada’s food industry but, over time, resilience will prevail. However, the federal government’s pre-holiday...
KGH feeling second wave
Dear Kelowna residents, neighbours and friends, We are a group of physician leaders who work at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH). All of us work in hot spots in...
Lost on pandemic highway
Two rules in politics are simple to follow: 1) Do not overpromise and underdeliver. 2) Do not preach what you do not practice. Political problems arise from...
Jeopardy! teaches us plenty
Canadians were saddened to learn that longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek passed away recently from pancreatic cancer. For more than 35 years, Trebek was a...
The year's top food stories
The year 2020 was as unusual as they get, with no shortage of stories. Some flew under the radar because of the pandemic but this list is based on how some...
The most important year?
A year ago, there was much anticipation in the conservation community that 2020 would perhaps be the most important year ever for nature. Canada’s Nature...
Indigenous economic policy
In communities across Canada, people are coming together in a wide range of activities intended to bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous citizens closer together....
Too quick to condemn
There has been a tremendous scrutiny and criticism of policing in recent months. Policing has been the lightning rod for widespread protests. The scrutiny has...
How long will it take?
With Britons getting jabbed to quell their pandemic, with Americans getting ready to join them, we are still as Canadians in a quandary about the queue we...
Debt to infinity and beyond
It’s official: the Trudeau government has taken the federal deficit from $19 billion to $381 billion in just nine months. That’s the staggering...
Masks and COVID-19
British Columbians have been nimble in adapting their individual actions to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our communities over the last ten months, and it has...
Pandemic restrictions fatigue
It is good that the premier and his health minister, and not the public health officer, have taken the lead in enforcing discipline in how the province is...
Doomscrolling till we're sick
She caught me red-handed. I dropped my phone like it was on fire, tried to hide it under the pillow, but it was too late. Her eyes narrowed: “What were...
In defence of rental pet bans
Vancouver city council has passed a motion calling for an end to pet bans in rental accommodation. The vote was unanimous. The motion asks the province to...
There was no choice
There was no choice. The poorest showing in a generation by a party that hadn’t lost an election this century meant that BC Liberal Leader Andrew...
Pandemic spending free pass
The pandemic has given our politicians a joyride, a field day, a licence, a leash with no tug. They can furrow their brows and proclaim stress all they want and...
