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Jack Knox: Camping, Canadian style: Bring the blender

Jack Knox: Camping, Canadian style: Bring the blender

“Pardon?!” Startled, she dropped her glass, which shattered on the kitchen floor. “I said I’m having an affair,” I repeated. Her shoulders slumped in relief. “Thank goodness,” she gasped. “I thought you said you wanted to go camping.
Letter: Compulsory masks? May as well go 'whole hog' and add goggles

Letter: Compulsory masks? May as well go 'whole hog' and add goggles

The Editor: Re. “ Not wearing a mask should be the new smoking come September ” (Delta Optimist, June 12) Please define 'mask', please.
Letter: Historic Port Coquitlam bell gets new home on the 'front line'

Letter: Historic Port Coquitlam bell gets new home on the 'front line'

Now it's found a new home.
Column: COVID-19 ruined my vacation but not - thankfully - my husband’s hip surgery

Column: COVID-19 ruined my vacation but not - thankfully - my husband’s hip surgery

A bicycle accident ended our ‘staycation’ and landed my husband in Royal Columbian Hospital for five days. Here’s what happened.
OPINION: Not wearing a mask should be the new smoking come September

OPINION: Not wearing a mask should be the new smoking come September

As we enter the third month of the pandemic, it’s encouraging to see that things are starting to change a bit. B.C. has done an exemplary job of navigating the coronavirus, and we are on the verge of more activities being opened up again.
Letter: Kudos to council & pub owner for keeping pot shop a local business

Letter: Kudos to council & pub owner for keeping pot shop a local business

The Editor: Re. " Port Moody pub owner expands into pot sales in historic downtown " (The Tri-City News, June 11) I was pleased to read in your latest edition that the owner of St.
Letter: As a retired Coquitlam teacher, it's so good to hear kids are enjoying school

Letter: As a retired Coquitlam teacher, it's so good to hear kids are enjoying school

The Editor: Re. " OPINION: Back to school the best decision for our family " (The Tri-City News, June 9) Thank you to Mario Bartel, the reporter who wrote how happy his son was to go back to school this month.
Jack Knox: Shopping local push not boosterism; ‘it’s desperation time’

Jack Knox: Shopping local push not boosterism; ‘it’s desperation time’

Here’s what came to mind while watching a Canada Post van trundle down a residential street in Victoria on Sunday: Jeff Bezos’s fortune has grown by $35 billion US during the pandemic. The two are connected.
Comment: Time for government to stop withholding pandemic information

Comment: Time for government to stop withholding pandemic information

A commentary by a former deputy minister in 10 ministries under five premiers, who also ran his own small business for 20 years.
Letter: Was Port Coquitlam censure worth betraying common decency & open government?

Letter: Was Port Coquitlam censure worth betraying common decency & open government?

The Editor: Re.