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POULSEN: Why GMOs are as good as Okanagan apple pie
Recent approval of the Okanagan-backed Arctic apple is a far more exceptional scientific advance than most of us have realized. When they hit the market late next year, the Arctic varieties of Granny Smith and Golden Delicious will be virtually the only genetically modified fruit anywhere in a store in Canada and the U.S. We’re...
POULSEN: About waiting times at Valley Medical labs…
The person drawing my blood at Valley Medical Laboratory in West Kelowna smiles and asks: “How are you?” Answer: Much older than when I came in the door. We’ve all been there, let us count the hours. People have had their birthdays come and pass while sitting in a Valley Labs waiting room. The soon-to-be detainees at...
POULSEN: About those distracted driving statistics…
ICBC has a campaign on this month for the RCMP to target distracted drivers. They are even enlisting all the usual citizen do-gooders to peer through windshields. ICBC focuses on the misuse of mobile devices in its campaign promotions and backs up the enormity of the problem by stating that 88 people are killed yearly...