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Toronto Blue Jays announcer Ben Wagner sits in the broadcast booth in Toronto, Sunday, April 10, 2022. Sportsnet, the Blue Jays’ radio rightsholder, will not resume on-site radio broadcasts for the 2023 regular season and will instead use remote coverage from its downtown Toronto studio for road games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

THE MOJ: Leaving the broadcasters at home a sad and baffling decision

Radio crew not joining the team on the road leads to an inferior product without much of a saving

June 21, 2021 - The front of the BC Legislature's Parliament building designed by architect Frances Rattenbury. Don Denton photograph

Uzelman: B.C. Budget focuses on increased expenditure- disregards growing real income

A column by Bruce Uzelman

  • Mar 20, 2023
The B.C. government recently recently banned the use of the app TikTok from its employees' work phones. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Viewpoint: Privacy and personal data the cost of using social media

In Plain View by Lachlan Labere

  • Mar 18, 2023
A photo of one of Nobili’s letters, courtesy of David Gregory.

Column: Historic missionary letters offer unique perspective of people in the ‘Shoushwap’

Shuswap Passion by Jim Cooperman

  • Mar 18, 2023
A photo of one of Nobili’s letters, courtesy of David Gregory.
B.C. Lions linebacker Solomon Elimimian speaks to reporters after an end of season meeting at the CFL football team’s practice facility, in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday November 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

THE MOJ: Saluting the wisdom — and the resolve — of Solomon Elimimian

Hall of Fame induction is the crowning achievement of an examplary B.C. Lions career

B.C. Lions linebacker Solomon Elimimian speaks to reporters after an end of season meeting at the CFL football team’s practice facility, in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday November 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vancouver Canucks’ Brock Boeser tosses a stick into the crowd after being named the first star of the game after Vancouver defeated the Dallas Stars during an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

THE MOJ: Canuck negativity, NFL hype and more in the busy world of B.C. sports

It’s a great time of year to be a sports fan

Vancouver Canucks’ Brock Boeser tosses a stick into the crowd after being named the first star of the game after Vancouver defeated the Dallas Stars during an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Garden decorations. Old pots with flowers in the garden

Springing into garden cleanup in the Okanagan

A GARDENER’S DIARY: Writer marks 12th year of column offering tips and tricks

  • Mar 13, 2023
Garden decorations. Old pots with flowers in the garden
Oakland Athletics’ Conner Capel (21) watches a ground rule double hit by Los Angeles Dodgers’ Miguel Vargas bounce over the fence during the first inning of a spring training baseball game, Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

THE MOJ: Good reasons to be stuck on Cactus League baseball

Arizona spring baseball offers a chance to soak up the sport in its purest form

Oakland Athletics’ Conner Capel (21) watches a ground rule double hit by Los Angeles Dodgers’ Miguel Vargas bounce over the fence during the first inning of a spring training baseball game, Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
The Canadian dollar coin, the Loonie, is seen in Montreal, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Uzelman: The economic follies of the Government of Canada – Real incomes will decline

A column by Bruce Uzelman

  • Mar 8, 2023
The Canadian dollar coin, the Loonie, is seen in Montreal, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Eliza Reid and her husband, Gudni Johannesson are shown in this handout image during his campaign in Iceland. Voters in Iceland have elected a new president, and in doing so have made the Canadian woman the Nordic nation’s new first lady. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Hakon Broder Lund

COLUMN: Iceland close to closing gender gap

In honour of International Women’s Day, Vernon writer examines where one country is seeing success

Eliza Reid and her husband, Gudni Johannesson are shown in this handout image during his campaign in Iceland. Voters in Iceland have elected a new president, and in doing so have made the Canadian woman the Nordic nation’s new first lady. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Hakon Broder Lund
Vancouver Canucks’ JT Miller. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

THE MOJ: For Canucks to dig themselves out of this mess, sacrifices have to be made

Big, long-term contracts need to be offloaded, even if you have to pay to do it

Vancouver Canucks’ JT Miller. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
FILE – The Ocean Cleanup project’s latest iteration of plastic-collecting technology, the System 002, will leave Victoria and heads to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (Photo courtesy of the Ocean Cleanup/ Twitter)

OPINION: Court case could kill progress on plastic pollution in Canada

‘The world is beginning to act to reduce the plastic crisis’

  • Mar 6, 2023
FILE – The Ocean Cleanup project’s latest iteration of plastic-collecting technology, the System 002, will leave Victoria and heads to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (Photo courtesy of the Ocean Cleanup/ Twitter)
Smart technology and home automation are changing our relationships with our machines. (Pixabay.com)

COLUMN: Computers and machines are not people

Home automation technology uses human names

Smart technology and home automation are changing our relationships with our machines. (Pixabay.com)
A drawing of what the Jesuit mission may have looked like in 1847, courtesy of the Summerland Museum. (Contributed)

Column: Missionary letters from 1845-47 reveal historical insights about the Shuswap

Shuswap Passion by Jim Cooperman

  • Mar 5, 2023
A drawing of what the Jesuit mission may have looked like in 1847, courtesy of the Summerland Museum. (Contributed)
Vancouver Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford, back right, listens as general manager Patrik Allvin responds to a question during an end of NHL hockey season news conference, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

THE MOJ: Trade deadline once again dashes the hopes of Canuck fans

Jim Rutherford and his team did what they said they’d do: retool, not rebuild

Vancouver Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford, back right, listens as general manager Patrik Allvin responds to a question during an end of NHL hockey season news conference, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference at Rideau cottage in Ottawa, on Friday, March 13, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

Uzelman: The threat to democracy from China and from within

A column by Bruce Uzelman

  • Mar 1, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference at Rideau cottage in Ottawa, on Friday, March 13, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
The jerseys and logos worn by the Vancouver Canucks — and, consequently, their fans — have seen several drastic changes in the four decades since the team entered the NHL, and pretty much all of those iterations can be spotted in the throngs of people out celebrating the playoffs in recent weeks. In this April 29, 2007 file photo, Vancouver Canucks' Markus Naslund celebrates after scoring against the Anaheim Ducks during the first period of an NHL playoff hockey game in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Lam

THE MOJ: Revisiting a snap deadline trade done in minutes that changed Canucks history

Franchise legend Markus Naslund was picked up with no advance warning after a last-minute phone call

The jerseys and logos worn by the Vancouver Canucks — and, consequently, their fans — have seen several drastic changes in the four decades since the team entered the NHL, and pretty much all of those iterations can be spotted in the throngs of people out celebrating the playoffs in recent weeks. In this April 29, 2007 file photo, Vancouver Canucks' Markus Naslund celebrates after scoring against the Anaheim Ducks during the first period of an NHL playoff hockey game in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Lam
Mellow (dog with pyometra)

Okanagan Humane Society urges spay and neutering

World Spay and Neuter Day is Tuesday, Feb. 28

  • Feb 28, 2023
Mellow (dog with pyometra)
Breasts come in all different shapes, sizes and genders. Photo MCG

Column: Breasts are really not a big deal

Women are allowed to be topless in B.C. - as they should be

Breasts come in all different shapes, sizes and genders. Photo MCG
The Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce is opposed to a proposal to split the City of Vernon into two separate electoral districts. (British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission image)

Column: Electoral boundaries should not divide citizens or the communities where they reside

From the Hill by North Okanagan-Shuswap MP Mel Arnold

  • Feb 24, 2023
The Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce is opposed to a proposal to split the City of Vernon into two separate electoral districts. (British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission image)