Business

EDITORIAL – Restaurants and bars, please stop using those plastic straws

January 16, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KUDOS TO the Noble Pig for getting rid of plastic straws. It is, you might say, a noble thing to do. The popular local [Continue]

SUZUKI – The consumer society no longer serves our needs

January 13, 2018 // 1 Comment

MY PARENTS were born in Vancouver — Dad in 1909, Mom in 1911 — and married during the Great Depression. It was a difficult time that shaped their values and outlook, [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Failure of NAFTA could be good for our creativity

January 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

IT’S A TOSS-UP on whether the North America Free Trade Agreement will survive. The fifth round of discussions has concluded in Mexico and Foreign Affairs Minister [Continue]

DOWNTOWN – Business association names new executive director

January 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

A new executive director will take over at the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association (KCBIA) later this month. The association announced today (Jan. 10, 2017) [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The mine that divided a community is dead; let healing begin

December 14, 2017 // 10 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THURSDAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT that the Ajax project is dead might be the best news for the Kamloops region since the coming [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The new parking lot, the parking fee hike, and Plan B

December 9, 2017 // 9 Comments

I SAT in my old office at The Kamloops Daily News yesterday. Or, rather, I sat in my truck in a parking spot where my old office used to be, thinking about George W. Bush. By [Continue]