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THOMPSON: When curiosity takes wing
OPINION The other day as I stepped outside my front door…a swallow swooped down within…
THOMPSON: Time for the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes
OPINION Billionaire. It’s hard to get your head around what it means to be a…
THOMPSON: Willie Mays, baseball’s greatest of all time
It was 1989 – mid-July – and I was in San Francisco on a trip…
POLL: Should the border with Alberta be closed until B.C. and Alberta get COVID under control?
B.C. has finally figured out it is going to enforce inter-provincial travel to stop the…
THOMPSON: Link between air pollution and climate change can’t be ignored
During the past 16 months, nearly 3.2 million people worldwide have died from a raging…
THOMPSON: ‘Awesome’ and other words that should be banned
OPINION There are certain words in English that maybe we should no longer use, and…
POLL: Since legalization, how much of your cannabis comes from retail stores?
It's once again 4/20 so we've turned our poll question today towards cannabis. It's been…
THOMPSON: Chauvin trial highlights the need for change in America
OPINION When I was 25 years old, I had a friend, mentor and boss in…
THOMPSON: A year later COVID-19 still an imminent threat
OPINION We’re all weary of the pandemic that has plagued us for more than a…
JONESIE: What’s gotten me through the pandemic (so far)
OPINION What’s gotten me through the pandemic? Well, thanks for asking. It’s an important question,…
THOMPSON: Exploding the myths surrounding America’s incarceration problem
OPINION America likes to put its citizens behind bars. Indeed, “Lock her (or him) up!”…
LETTER: B.C. needs city hall recall
OPINION Dear Editor, Most people probably haven’t spent much time in a champagne room, but…
POLL: Do you support the new B.C. public health orders announced yesterday?
This isn't the new normal we were expecting. It seemed in B.C. we were starting…
THOMPSON: Time to start collecting what wealthy owe in income tax
OPINION There are almost 32 million small businesses in the United States, and nearly 90…
POLL: Are you making travel plans this year?
While vaccinations are slowly being rolled out, variants of COVID-19 have been spreading fast throughout…
THOMPSON: Dissecting America’s racism problem
OPINION America has never really faced its racism…not yesterday…not today…and we’ll see what tomorrow brings.…
THOMPSON: How will the American Rescue Plan be remembered?
OPINION I treasure the talks I had with my father before he passed away. He…
JONESIE: Life lessons from readers after a year under a pandemic
OPINION As you know painfully well, it’s now been a year under COVID protection measures.…
THOMPSON: Texas, Mississippi ignore science, end mandatory mask wearing
OPINION There isn’t a single state among the Divided States of America where you can…
JONESIE: TNRD spending isn’t the real issue
OPINION Nice to see shock and a swift reaction in Kamloops when residents learned how…
THOMPSON: Some tips to make cooking easier, and fun
OPINION Anyone who can read a recipe can cook…and I mean deliver the kinds of…
POLL: Should schools and teachers dictate how students should dress in class?
A Grade 12 student from Kamloops was told to change or go home earlier this…
THOMPSON: Cats and the eternal battle with the litter box
OPINION When my wife, Bonnie, asked me if spending $500 on a litter box for…
THOMPSON: Why Democrats are better for the economy
OPINION There’s a Democrat in America’s White House. You know what that means…slower economic growth…lower…