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February 18, 2020 in Editorials // EDITORIAL – Forcibly end blockades if necessary, but saving face is better
February 18, 2020 in Editorials // ROTHENBURGER – Will budget be as uninspiring as the Throne Speech?
February 17, 2020 in Page One // POLICE – Suspect in custody after stabbing on Rogers Place
February 17, 2020 in News // FEATURED COMMENTS – Do the PAC right, put in parking now
February 17, 2020 in Charbonneau // CHARBONNEAU – Rona Ambrose – best leader the Conservatives never had

EDITORIAL – Forcibly end blockades if necessary, but saving face is better

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU today tried to calm the waters in the Coastal GasLink dispute, while Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer tried to stir them up. In a debate in the House, Trudeau talked of finding common [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Will budget be as uninspiring as the Throne Speech?

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LET’S HOPE THE B.C. budget Finance Minister Carole James unveils Tuesday has more substance than last week’s Throne Speech. Traditionally, the Throne Speech provides only a general indication of the government’s [Continue]
POLICE – Suspect in custody after stabbing on Rogers Place

A suspect is in custody after a stabbing on Rogers Place on Sunday night (Feb. 16, 2020). Kamloops RCMP say a group of people were standing in the 1800 block of Rogers Place at 10:50 p.m. when they were approached by a man they did not know. The man [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Rona Ambrose – best leader the Conservatives never had

FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN OUT of federal politics since 2017 and has no intentions for running for leader of the Conservative Party, Rona Ambrose remains popular. Even the minority Liberal government likes a bill she crafted. Before she dropped out of the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Forcibly end blockades if necessary, but saving face is better

February 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU today tried to calm the waters in the Coastal GasLink dispute, while Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer tried [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Will budget be as uninspiring as the Throne Speech?

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ROTHENBURGER – How PAC 2.0 has made downtown parking issue vanish

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EDITORIAL – Scrap the new trail and build more sidewalks instead

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CHARBONNEAU – Rona Ambrose – best leader the Conservatives never had

February 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN OUT of federal politics since 2017 and has no intentions for running for leader of the Conservative Party, Rona Ambrose remains popular. Even the [Continue]
KNOX – Viral message – Keep calm and wash your hands

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IN THE LEDGE – Armchair Mayor makes it into the Throne Speech debate

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PETERS – This land is their land

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CONVERSATION – By calling survivors ‘heroes,’ we miss the full picture

February 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANNIE ST. JOHN-STARK Thompson Rivers University WHEN DISASTER STRIKES — a hurricane, a terror attack, a landslide — we are quick to label the survivors as heroes. On [Continue]
POLITICS – Trudeau throwing away Canada’s future for a seat at UN table

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BOWLER – Cancel culture stifles democratic dissent and discussion

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SUZUKI – What do we do when our home is on fire?

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POLICE – Missing Merritt man found in wreck of plane at airport

February 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

A Merritt man in his ’60s who had been reported missing is in Royal Inland Hospital after being found in a plane wreck at the Merritt Airport today (Feb. 10, 2020). [Continue]
POLICE – Remains found on Salish Road identified as those of Richard Jules

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CORONAVIRUS – Fear of a pandemic, or a pandemic of fear?

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BUSINESS – New ‘business district’ called ‘the Hive’ to rise downtown

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