ROTHENBURGER – The week in politics or, ‘What the hell is going on?’
LET’S SUM UP the week in politics. Donald Trump thinks the cops should do “profiling” and what’s called stop and frisk on people. This is his idea of how to stop the racial violence in the U.S. That is, do stuff that has been proven unconstitutional, ineffective and discriminatory. Justin Trudeau is catching it on the chin over moving expenses incurred by a couple of staff members under policies used by the former Conservative government. The Tories made quite a fuss about it, until it was revealed they’d been doing the same thing now that they're the Opposition. How much simpler everything was in the days when the government kept everything secret. Nancy Bepple, seeking the NDP nomination in Kamloops-South Thompson, thinks something should be done about the social housing situation. She is “raising concerns” about things. She thinks “more needs to be done” about poverty. She … [Read More...]
ARTS/COMMUNITY/LEISURE
Kamloopa Pow Wow 2015
By DANIELA GINTA Summer in Kamloops means redefining hot weather yet again, and it means evening swims at the river as well as great music in the park. Yet every long … [Read More...]
Jazz and dinner for Phoenix Centre
COMMUNITY — The Phoenix Centre and the Country Garden Greenhouse will team up to host an evening of entertainment and food Aug. 2 to raise money for the work done by the … [Read More...]
‘Thanks, Mom’
Fogerty fans flames of admiration By MIKE YOUDS A rainstorm set in as John Fogerty and band came back on stage with Bad Moon and Proud Mary on Saturday night, all … [Read More...]
TRAVEL — How do travel agents make money?
COLUMN — I often come across prospective clients who are skeptical about using a travel agent. Many people are under the impression that they can get better prices if … [Read More...]
CITY/ REGIONAL NEWS
Big changes in store for Armchair Mayor News as it joins NewsKamloops.com
Some big changes are coming for The Armchair Mayor News. This coming week, the blog will merge with a new website called NewsKamloops.com, an … [Read More...]
Extreme heat worries firefighters
NEWS/ WILDFIRES — Action stepped up today on the long-burning Cisco Road wildfire 10 km. south of Lytton, prompting a surge in efforts to contain … [Read More...]
River searched after report someone jumped from bridge
NEWS/ POLICE — Kamloops Fire and Rescue and RCMP searched the South Thompson River today looking a bridge jumper but didn't find one. A report came … [Read More...]
Beware of the credit card skimmer
NEWS/ POLICE — Kamloops RCMP today released photos of a credit card skimmer used at a local gas station and warned the public to beware. The … [Read More...]
Ban on smoking in parks is up in the air
NEWS/ HEALTH - Fed up with second-hand smoke in Riverside Park, Bob Wren has challenged the City to ban smoking in parks as other communities have … [Read More...]
‘Our peace of mind, the health of our families’ is suffering
Dallas residents push for action on biosolids project NEWS/ ENVIRONMENT - Outraged that their health concerns have been ignored, a delegation of … [Read More...]
Council wants both KGHM, KAPA to chip in for independent study on Ajax mine application
By MIKE YOUDS The City will ask mine proponent KGHM as well as its chief opponent, Kamloops Area Preservation Association, to contribute to the … [Read More...]
Candidates to talk on electoral reform
NEWS/ POLITICS — Three of the four candidates in the upcoming federal election — all except incumbent Conservative MP Cathy McLeod — will talk about … [Read More...]
OPINION
ROTHENBURGER – The week in politics or, ‘What the hell is going on?’
LET’S SUM UP the week in politics. Donald Trump thinks the cops should do “profiling” and what’s called stop and frisk on people. This is his idea of how to stop the racial violence in the U.S. That is, do stuff that has been proven unconstitutional, ineffective and discriminatory. Justin Trudeau is catching it on the chin over moving … [Read More...]
LETTER — Confirming ‘that you are an unattached patient’
Further to your article about the family physician crisis and my reply, here’s the email I received from DoFP, Thompson Region,back in April of this year : “I hope you are doing well. I’d like to clarify that the Division is maintaining a registry of contact information, not a waitlist. The Division is currently conducting a pilot project … [Read More...]
EDITORIAL — Media, public don’t judge Harper the same way
EDITORIAL — Now that the media are finished whining about the cost of the extra-long election campaign, we can get on with figuring out who's best qualified to lead the country for the next few years. It's certainly not evident from anything Stephen Harper has said why we must endure such a long political exercise. He says we must go by the … [Read More...]
ROGERS — All we really want is a ride
Mark Rogers writes a column about social media and hosts a blog at http://www.newsonaut.com. COLUMN — The great thing about cars is that they allow you to go wherever you want whenever you want. That's freedom. But what if you could go wherever you want whenever you want without a car? And without paying for insurance and gas? In cities … [Read More...]
KNOX — Taxpayers on hook for longer election campaign
Former Kamloopsian Jack Knox writes for the Times Colonist in Victoria, where they know a thing or two about politics. COLUMN — It’s not just the extra $60 million being scooped straight out of taxpayers’ wallets. Really, we can handle that. From Jean Chrétien’s sponsorship scandal, to Bev Oda’s $16 glass of orange juice, to Nancy Ruth’s ice … [Read More...]
ROTHENBURGER — Things I learn from what people send me
COLUMN — People are always giving me things to read. I think they have high hopes that if I read enough I'll smarten up. Christopher Seguin, the VP Advancement at TRU, handed me an article recently about student debt, because I'm always bugging him about it — that, and high student fees. Alex Usher, who writes for a group called Higher … [Read More...]
EDITORIAL — Killing of Cecil the lion a stupid, cowardly act
EDITORIAL — The killing of Cecil the lion was wrong on so many counts it's hard to know where to start. Cecil, of course, is the famous lion wounded with an arrow from the bow of now-infamous American dentist and big-game hunter Walter Palmer, and finished off with a rifle two days later. The lion was being studied by scientists in Zimbabwe's … [Read More...]
GINTA — Why every vote counts
Daniela Ginta writes for the Armchair Mayor News on Fridays. COLUMN — A couple of weeks ago Canadians living abroad woke up to sobering news: those who have lived abroad for more than five years do not have the right to vote in Canada anymore. The reason, according to the Ontario Court of Appeal, is that their vote would harm Canada’s … [Read More...]
CHARBONNEAU – Bureaucracy (the word) is dead
COLUMN - Nobody talks about bureaucracy anymore. When they do, it’s a quaint word from the Sixties when hippies raged against faceless bureaucrats. Those faceless gray bureaucrats turned us into numbers, not the individualistic, free-willed, peace-loving, flower children that we were. Paperbacks like The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit … [Read More...]
ROGERS — Amazon could turn Walmart into a dinosaur
Mark Rogers writes a column about social media and hosts a blog at http://www.newsonaut.com. COLUMN — It wasn't that long ago that big box stores were the ones shaking up local economies. Low prices and a wide selection made it hard for smaller stores to compete. Downtowns in some small communities practically died out. Even bigger department … [Read More...]
KNOX — Disappearing glaciers a climate sign from above
COLUMN — When Mayor Phil Kent waved to the Duncan Days parade crowd on the weekend, it was from a dust-caked convertible covered in signs reading “Don’t Wash Me” and “Save Water.” Also in the parade were costumed superheroes Water Woman and Wilma the Watershed Warrior, along with the Cowichan Watershed Board’s Conservation Cruiser. Meanwhile, … [Read More...]
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