By Joyce Green Op-Ed Commentary On August 16, the world watched as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, city after city and finally by government collapse…
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Local MP says feds must act to save Afghan comrades
Rob Morrison, Conservative Member of Parliament for Kootenay-Columbia, has issued a statement calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Government to put forward…
We are the beneficiaries of their sacrifices
By Rob Morrison We think today of the more than 650,000 Canadians who served in the First World War, the over 66,000 who never came…
Local Mountie receives peacekeeping award
On October 11, several awards were given out in Kelowna by Chief Superintendent Brad Haugli. Cpl. Mitch Mercier, of the Cranbrook RCMP, was the recipient…
Local officer living National Peacekeeper’s Day
A Cranbrook RCMP officer is living National Peacekeeper’s Day (August 9). Corporal Mitch Mercier of Cranbrook RCMP Detachment is currently deployed in the Ukraine in…
Exceptional Crais produces a first for reviewer
Book Review By Derryll White Crais, Robert (2013). Suspect. I always expect a lot from Robert Crais. Over the years he has taken his principal…
Army Reserve squadron changes hands
The Canadian Army Reserve in the Kootenays has a new leader. The 44 Engineer Squadron held a change of appointment parade May 14 in Trail at the…
Cranbrook remembers
More than 1,000 Cranbrook and area residents attended the Remembrance Day service and ceremony at the Rotary Park Cenotaph Nov. 11. While veterans of the…
Will US election lead to next invasion of Canada?
Perceptions by Gerry Warner Is Canada on the verge of an invasion? This question isn’t as crazy as it sounds as the bizarre primary election…
There’s only one way to stop Donald Trump
Perceptions by Gerry Warner So now it’s war! What else can you say after listening to a former Republican presidential candidate call Republican front-runner Donald…