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June 25, 2022 in Charbonneau // CHARBONNEAU – B.C. Clinics: a new business model for doctors
June 25, 2022 in Armchair Mayor // ROTHENBURGER – Will anyone speak up for heritage in the Tournament Capital?
June 25, 2022 in Local Voices // PETERS – Overturning of Roe v. Wade could have repercussions for Canada
June 24, 2022 in Feedback // NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians struggling under yoke of inflation
June 23, 2022 in Editorials // EDITORIAL – Horgan doesn’t deserve much applause for bailing on museum

CHARBONNEAU – B.C. Clinics: a new business model for doctors

I SUGGEST that a new government agency, I’m calling BC Clinics, be established to deal with the crisis in accessibility to health care. The fee-for-service model no longer works and that leaves many British Columbians without a doctor. Modeled after BC [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Will anyone speak up for heritage in the Tournament Capital?

HERITAGE IN KAMLOOPS is in dire straits. There is currently no effective voice for the preservation of heritage in the city. The degradation of advocacy for heritage began with the abandonment of the heritage commission by the current mayor and council, [Continue]
PETERS – Overturning of Roe v. Wade could have repercussions for Canada

IN THEIR CONFIRMATION HEARINGS for the United States Supreme Court, Justices John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett all stated support for the legal precedent established by Roe versus Wade. They gave no inkling that they would [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Horgan doesn’t deserve much applause for bailing on museum

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN POLITICS, discretion is sometimes the better part of valor. Premier John Horgan has learned that lesson, as evidenced yesterday with his announcement that he’s suspending plans for a $789-million rebuild of the [Continue]

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SUZUKI – Report outlines Canada’s quick path to clean power

June 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

CANADA COULD BE a clean electricity powerhouse by 2035 — without building more large hydro dams or relying on expensive and sometimes unproven and dangerous technologies [Continue]
SCHOOLS – Teachers must stop undermining parental values

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GARDNER – NDP government set to steamroll over rights of B.C. workers

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ZELENSKY TO CANADA – ‘We want to live; we want to have peace’

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NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians struggling under yoke of inflation

June 24, 2022 // 1 Comment

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE June 24, 2022 – 1983 in Canada was notable for, among other things, the first time Canadians celebrated Canada Day instead of Dominion Day, [Continue]
LETTER – Support dollars might be better spent on enforcement

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LETTER – There are too many crashes involving transport trucks

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PROVINCIAL PULSE – Despite museum mess, NDP still comfortably ahead

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CITY – Kamloops Fire Rescue names new chief to start in August

June 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

Kamloops Fire Rescue has a new chief. The City announced today (June 22, 2022) that Ken Uzeloc will take on the job effective Aug. 2. Uzeloc has more than 30 years of [Continue]
CITY – Emergency Operations Centre activated as rain forecast and rivers rise

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POLICE – Witnesses sought after vehicle fire on Tranquille Road

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FLOODING – City takes steps to limit access to rising rivers

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