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THOMPSON: Saying goodbye, or maybe good riddance, to 2020
OPINION The year 2020 is almost over, just 10 more days. You might feel like…
JONESIE: There’s no panic here, especially this COVID Christmas
OPINION You know what you don’t see much anymore? Buttons. Like the political kind of…
LETTER: ‘We are people too:’ Merritt’s top cop responds to tragic incident outside detachment
As many of you know, on December 5, 2020 at approximately 4:40 p.m., a major…
POLL: Do you think B.C. should extend Christmas break for schools like other provinces are doing?
B.C.'s second wave of COVID-19 has prompted another wave of closures and restrictions across the…
THOMPSON: Canada is ahead of the U.S. in privacy protection
OPINION The weather was pool-perfect in the Okanagan this past July 19…four months into life…
JONESIE: The thing about anti-maskers
In August 2003, lightning started a small fire in Okanagan Mountain Park, spelling possible danger…
POLL: Will you follow Dr. Bonnie Henry’s health orders and keep Christmas this year small and cozy?
There was some hope B.C.'s Provincial Health Officer would lift health orders before Christmas but…
THOMPSON: One of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes
OPINION I don’t remember too much about my first trip to Portland, Oregon. After all,…
THOMPSON: COVID-19 ‘long haulers’ exemplify pandemic uncertainties
OPINION They call themselves “long haulers”…people who contracted COVID-19 and months later continue to suffer.…
THOMPSON: Rudy Giuliani is not funny, he’s scary
OPINION Last Thursday, with streams of mascara-stained sweat rolling down his cheeks, Rudy Giuliani led…
THOMPSON: COVID-19 numbers don’t lie but President Donald Trump does
OPINION Combat veterans know truths…universal, brutal truths. One is what gets you through days or…
THOMPSON: One major issue decided the US election
OPINION In the greatest voter turnout ever, Americans chose Joe Biden as the 46th president…
THOMPSON: How Donald Trump will be remembered after US Election Day
OPINION Some things never change. After Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2016, he was most concerned…
THOMPSON: Fools comprise Donald Trump’s base
OPINION No doubt there are fools in Canada. But in America…there are tens of millions…
THOMPSON: The Grand and Glorious Semi-Annual Adventure
I am starting this column on Thanksgiving Day. Tomorrow traditionally marks the beginning of the…