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A fine setting for some summer relaxation. (Philip Wolf photo)

WOLF: Desperately seeking suggestions for sweet summer relaxation

COLUMN: What’s your go-to stress reliever?

 

Robert’s column

Robert Barron column: Digital cameras are a big help in newsrooms

I had used all of the three rolls of film I had with me before the fire really got going

 

BC Cancer- Victoria hosted an open house on Oct. 5, 2019. (Evan Taylor/News Staff)

OPINION: B.C. Black Press editor starts his personal cancer ‘journey’

Many cancer survivors describe their experiences as a “journey.” I am embarking…

  • May 1, 2024

 

Robert’s column

BARRON: Dementia in the family difficult for everyone concerned

It hurts when I see this lack of recognition from this tender-hearted and loving woman

Robert’s column
Readers share responses to a series of recent columns. (PQB News file)

WOLF: Don’t fiddle with your belly button, your bum will fall off

COLUMN: Readers take over with amusing, insightful responses

Readers share responses to a series of recent columns. (PQB News file)
This lollipop was on the ground for less than five seconds. Still good? (Philip Wolf photo)

WOLF: Do you follow the ‘5-second rule’ when it comes to food?

COLUMN: Interesting old tales have a long shelf life in my mind

This lollipop was on the ground for less than five seconds. Still good? (Philip Wolf photo)
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WOLF: Don’t yell at the refs or you may get hurt yourself

COLUMN: Consequences for full-throated ‘advice’ for officials

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The sun sets on the central coast of Oregon on Good Friday, March 29, 2024. (Jessica Peters/Chilliwack Progress)

COLUMN: An Easter weekend on the road leads to a new love for Oregon

‘I have been craving the seaside and needing the solitude,’ says Chilliwack Progress editor

The sun sets on the central coast of Oregon on Good Friday, March 29, 2024. (Jessica Peters/Chilliwack Progress)
Some of the stitches Philip Wolf picked up during a bout with flesh-eating disease in 2002. (Heather Prestage photo)

WOLF: Can you remember the stories behind all of your stitches?

COLUMN: Every scar provides a unique memory

Some of the stitches Philip Wolf picked up during a bout with flesh-eating disease in 2002. (Heather Prestage photo)
The trusty old Rawlings glove sits flat, unused and lonely for another baseball season. (Philip Wolf photo)

WOLF: No taking me out to the ballgame again this year

COLUMN: Sights, sounds of spring not the same without baseball

The trusty old Rawlings glove sits flat, unused and lonely for another baseball season. (Philip Wolf photo)
Carol Peters and Diane Garner lay items of personal importance to them on a blanket prior to a sharing circle as part of the KAIROS blanket exercise. (Jessica Peters/Black Press Media)

OPINION: Kairos blanket exercise a lesson in empathy, not white guilt

‘We were all trying to survive, the loss of our once large space was still very clear in our minds’

Carol Peters and Diane Garner lay items of personal importance to them on a blanket prior to a sharing circle as part of the KAIROS blanket exercise. (Jessica Peters/Black Press Media)
A 1980s-era small TV required close promixity to the watcher for channel-changing purposes. (Facebook photo)

WOLF: The TV might be on but is anyone actually watching?

COLUMN: Viewing habits have vastly changed over the years

A 1980s-era small TV required close promixity to the watcher for channel-changing purposes. (Facebook photo)
The McRib sandwich. (McDonald’s via AP)

WOLF: Trying to avoid the iconic McRib this time around

COLUMN: Sandwich makes return to Canada for first time in 10 years

The McRib sandwich. (McDonald’s via AP)
Freshly popped popcorn is a familiar and popular smell. (File photo)

WOLF: Popcorn, puppies, herb gardens and the ice cream truck

COLUMN: Readers share own favourite smells, sounds

Freshly popped popcorn is a familiar and popular smell. (File photo)
Freshly mown lawn is a favourite smell for many. (Black Press file photo)

WOLF: What do bacon, baseball gloves and hockey card gum have in common?

COLUMN: A list of some of the world’s best smells

Freshly mown lawn is a favourite smell for many. (Black Press file photo)
The crackle of a campfire is a familiar, pleasing sound. (File photo)

WOLF: What are some of the best sounds in the world?

COLUMN: Crunch of skates on ice, crackle of a campfire make the list

The crackle of a campfire is a familiar, pleasing sound. (File photo)
Jessica Peters is a reporter at the Chilliwack Progress.

COLUMN: 5K fun run helps Abbotsford reporter get back on track

‘Instead of making excuses, I made plans’ to complete running goal for 2023

Jessica Peters is a reporter at the Chilliwack Progress.
A quarter that sat for months in the washroom, unclaimed, provides a glimmer of hope that most people are still good. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)

COLUMN: Unclaimed bathroom quarter puts glimmer of hope back in humanity

Everyone came to the same conclusion: ‘It doesn’t belong to me.’

A quarter that sat for months in the washroom, unclaimed, provides a glimmer of hope that most people are still good. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)
As the cost of food continues to rise, grocery chains in Canada are reportedly making record profits. It’s time for the CEOs of these companies to explain themselves, says the federal New Democratic Party. (Unsplash photo)

OFF TOPIC: Bread or cake, the rising cost of food is giving me indigestion

How do grocery chain CEOs square skyrocketing prices with massive profits?

As the cost of food continues to rise, grocery chains in Canada are reportedly making record profits. It’s time for the CEOs of these companies to explain themselves, says the federal New Democratic Party. (Unsplash photo)
Jessica Peters is a reporter at the Abbotsford News.

COLUMN: Unplugging before bed actually works? What a horrible discovery

No TV before bedtime? Thanks, I hate it.

Jessica Peters is a reporter at the Abbotsford News.