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Today’s Raeside Editorial Cartoon

May 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

Charles’ remark not worth the fuss

May 22, 2014 // 2 Comments

THURSDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — Good grief, is Prince Charles not entitled to a personal opinion? The man can put his foot in it sometimes (though seldom nearing the lofty [Continue]

B.C. teachers face lockout on Monday

May 22, 2014 // 2 Comments

NEWS — B.C. teachers will face lockout action Monday, the day they plan to start rotating strikes, but it won’t include closure of schools. B.C. Public Service [Continue]

Shark sighting: Kamloops’ newest sports bar is in a league of its own and ready for opener

May 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

By MIKE YOUDS L.A. Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick was standing tall – about seven metres tall — on Wednesday night at the Shark Club. Kamloops’ newest sports bar, [Continue]

Sport camp fills the bill on strike day

May 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

SPORTS — Kamloops school teachers will be on strike Wednesday, May 28 but students age 6-12 will have something to do — the TRU McDonald’s Sport Camp. A one-day [Continue]

Kinder Morgan’s pipeline project factors into City’s plans for beautifying airport gateway

May 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

By MICHELE YOUNG Kinder Morgan’s plans to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline are being factored into discussions by a City task force looking into beautification of the [Continue]

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