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An example of Lake Thyme Floral’s beautiful Easter Basket centrepieces which you can create at either Mountain Spruce Community Centre or Interlakes Community Centre in early April, as detailed below. (Diana Forster photo)

ICC hosting Easter floral basket workshop

Diana Forster’s column to the Free Press

  • Mar 28, 2023
Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet, front left, and general manager Patrik Allvin listen during a news conference after the NHL hockey team announced Tocchet’s hiring, in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

THE MOJ: Of course, the worst has (predictably) happened, the Canucks are good again

Is management going to buy into this late-season resurgence, or is major surgery still on the way?

Seattle Mariners’s Julio Rodriguez reacts after stealing second base during the 13th inning in Game 3 of an American League Division Series baseball game against the Houston Astros, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

THE MOJ: The hunter about to become the hunted for the Seattle Mariners

After breaking a long post-season drought, what’s next for B.C.’s other favourite baseball team?

Lorne Doerkson is the Liberal MLA for the Cariboo-Chilcotin. (Black Press Media file photos)

Celebrating hockey in the Cariboo

Lorne Doerkson’s column to the Free Press

  • Mar 22, 2023
Lorne Doerkson is the Liberal MLA for the Cariboo-Chilcotin. (Black Press Media file photos)
Ranch Musings columnist David Zirnhelt. (File photo)

More history of cattle ranching in the Americas

David Zirnhelt’s column to the Free Press

  • Mar 21, 2023
Ranch Musings columnist David Zirnhelt. (File photo)
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

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
Fiona Grisswell. (Patrick Davies photo - 100 Mile Free Press)

Considering the forks in the road

Fiona Grisswell’s column to the Free Press

Fiona Grisswell. (Patrick Davies photo - 100 Mile Free Press)
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
Northern Lights reflecting on the snow. (Dawn Dewing photo - submitted)

Spring Fling planned for Lac La Hache Community Hall

Barbara Hansen’s column to the Free Press

  • Mar 14, 2023
Northern Lights reflecting on the snow. (Dawn Dewing photo - submitted)
Lorne Doerkson is the Liberal MLA for the Cariboo-Chilcotin. (Black Press Media file photos)

Budget fails to deliver for Cariboo

Lorne Doerkson’s column to the Free Press

  • Mar 13, 2023
Lorne Doerkson is the Liberal MLA for the Cariboo-Chilcotin. (Black Press Media file photos)
From left: Logan Sankey, Denver Lytton (back), Ila Ritchie and Zoe Ritchie, of the Highand 4-H club, show off their awards from the club’s fourth annual Club Communications Day. (Photo submitted).

Highland 4-H celebrates Communications Day

Rylee Wright’s column to the Free Press

  • Mar 12, 2023
From left: Logan Sankey, Denver Lytton (back), Ila Ritchie and Zoe Ritchie, of the Highand 4-H club, show off their awards from the club’s fourth annual Club Communications Day. (Photo submitted).
Jim Hilton pens a column on forestry each week for the Williams Lake Tribune. (File photo)

Time to consider longer rotation ages in some forests

Jim Hilton’s column to the Free Press

  • Mar 11, 2023
Jim Hilton pens a column on forestry each week for the Williams Lake Tribune. (File photo)
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)
After a historic snow event, Feb. 19-20, compounded by more on Feb. 25, the steps up to the house became a 10-inch slide. (Diana Forster photo)

Beach Night and snowshoe walk at MSCC

Diana Forster’s column to the Free Press

  • Mar 9, 2023
After a historic snow event, Feb. 19-20, compounded by more on Feb. 25, the steps up to the house became a 10-inch slide. (Diana Forster photo)
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)
The 100 Mile House Wranglers hug captain Jace Myers after he takes a knee following their 6-1 loss to the Revelstoke Grizzlies. (Patrick Davies photo - 100 Mile Free Press)

Wranglers winning in other ways

Patrick Davies’ column to the Free Press

The 100 Mile House Wranglers hug captain Jace Myers after he takes a knee following their 6-1 loss to the Revelstoke Grizzlies. (Patrick Davies photo - 100 Mile Free Press)
Ranch Musings columnist David Zirnhelt. (File photo)

COLUMN: Some deeper history of the ranching culture

The brief history foreshadows challenges facing the ranching economy in the world today

  • Mar 3, 2023
Ranch Musings columnist David Zirnhelt. (File photo)
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