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GINTA: Why we need to continue to talk about racism
WE ENDED THE PREVIOUS YEAR with a big sigh and dutifully wished each other a better 2021. Life coaches out there will tell you that positive thinking will get things done, yet sometimes it becomes evident that there's more to it than just well-wishing. It's merely been 11 days and we've been seeing some wild things unf...
Jan 11, 2021
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GINTA: Politics and integrity should overlap - always
I saw a funny tweet a couple of days ago. It went something like this, 'Canadians are urged not to travel overseas during the pandemic. They'd risk running into some of their elected officials...' Except it was funny only for a bit. There is a 2020 Christmas holiday wall of shame related to the tweet and it is reserved...
Jan 04, 2021
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GINTA: The biggest lesson of 2020
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING that 2020 has been the year of crazy, sad, tough, and scary for many of us. It's been humbling, and it's far from over. We've learned to live with fear, though we know that's not the way to make whatever scares us go away. On the contrary - it makes us resent our fellow humans and it makes us agg...
Dec 28, 2020
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GINTA: Be the better and safer person this holiday season
DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKENDS of December, the Kamloops RCMP took 17 impaired drivers off the road. That's 17 potential disasters waiting to happen which were averted. It'd be silly to think they were the only ones; these were the ones who got caught. At the same time, it's impossible not to shudder when you read stori...
Dec 21, 2020
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GINTA: In times of trouble, helping goes a long way and in more than one way
NO MATTER WHERE YOU TURN, you get reminded that it's almost Christmas. Of course, that's great and exciting for many. And then, even in a normal year, Christmas is a trying time for so many others. This year especially though, it's tougher to face the holidays knowing how many are struggling with it. This year our fami...
Dec 14, 2020
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GINTA: Things to consider instead of protesting masks and COVID restrictions
SUNDAY MORNING CAME with slices of blue sky spiked by bright sunshine. It was almost 11 a.m. by the time we got home from our long morning hike. I noticed a neighbour peeking under parked cars. I assumed she was trying to locate a runaway cat. Instead, she asked if what she was seeing was a ferret. The small, long-bodi...
Dec 07, 2020
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GINTA: Let's be the village that gathers around Riel and his family
IT'S PAST 5:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY and the ambulance that has been parked in front of the Superstore for the entire day collecting food and toy donations has yet to leave. A few more people trickle out and add to the pile. I am one of them. I thank the paramedics for the vital role they have in our community, and once aga...
Nov 30, 2020
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GINTA: Schools are still open - should we worry?
LAST WEEKEND MY ELDEST announced that someone at NorKam had COVID-19. That was according to social media, which of course, I said then, has a 50 percent of being accurate. Shortly after, the news was official: someone at NorKam was indeed diagnosed with the virus. Relief that it was not my son's school was mixed with a...
Nov 23, 2020
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GINTA: We must be there for those who cannot afford to say 'I'm tired'
IT'S TWO YEARS THIS NOVEMBER since I first met Jessie Simpson. I remember entering his room at the long-term care facility, wondering how it would go. Well, it was smiles all around because Jessie smiles a lot. For someone who has been through so much since he was savagely attacked and beaten up with a baseball bat in ...
Nov 16, 2020
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GINTA: Lest we forget - Why the poppy is not a political statement
IT IS SUNDAY AFTERNOON as I write this, and we're three days away from Remembrance Day on November 11. A long-overdue and overlooked commemoration has also been recently rectified by our government. November 8 has now been marked as Indigenous Remembrance Day. Their contribution was significant and the stories are emer...
Nov 09, 2020
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