Paper provided a tangible window of learning each morning
LETTERS — The Armchair Mayor welcomes letters to the editor on issues. Here are two on the death of the Kamloops Daily News, one from Gina Morris and one from Steve [Continue]
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What does an unemployed newspaper employee do?
FROM THE CLIPPINGS FILE — I’m a hoarder of papers. Clippings, reports, anything I think I or somebody else from the next century might want to look at some day. I’ve [Continue]
Crisis management in reverse: Kamloops This Week’s reaction to the shutdown of The Daily News was handled very carefully
ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — The byline of Cam Fortems appears in today’s edition of Kamloops This Week. After close to 20 years of seeing it in The Kamloops Daily News, it [Continue]
What will happen next at 393 Seymour Street?
ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — The Kamloops Daily News building at 393 Seymour Street is a lonely looking place these days. Only a skeleton management staff inhabits the [Continue]
In memoriam to Daily News: We thought it would last forever
ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — First published Jan. 11, 2014 in The Kamloops Daily News. George Whitely wore a plastic hat and spoke very deliberately. Each day, he would put on his [Continue]
A few snippets from today’s final edition of The Daily News
ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — If you aren’t a subscriber, make sure you get hold of a copy of today’s final edition of The Kamloops Daily News. It’s gut-wrenching, and [Continue]
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