Kitimat residents vote 58.4 per cent against Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline project
NEWS — Kitimat residents have voted ‘no’ to the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project. The plebiscite, as discussed in this morning’s [Continue]
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Plans getting geared up for annual Kamloops Bike to Work Week from May 26 to June 1
NEWS — Plans for this year’s Kamloops Bike to Work Week are underway and the organizing committee has set a goal of 1250 participants — 300 of which they hope [Continue]
Kamloops should put three-cents-per-litre municipal tax on gasoline, and tax diesel too
EDITOR’S NOTE — Dr. Peter Tsigaris, an economics professor at Thompson Rivers University, write for The Armchair Mayor News on important current issues and ideas. By [Continue]
In Sunday’s Armchair Mayor News — the case for adding a municipal tax on gas and diesel
SUNDAY IN THE ARMCHAIR MAYOR NEWS — TRU economics professor Dr. Peter Tsigaris puts forward a case for the City of Kamloops to put a municipal tax of three cents per litre [Continue]
‘Too big, too close’ – Ajax mine opponents line Overlanders Bridge to protest open-pit plan
NEWS — Hundreds of morning commuters, some honking their horns in support, encountered a string of Ajax mine opponents lining the southbound lanes of Overlanders Bridge [Continue]
‘Nudge’ factor plays big role in prospects for wrestling climate change, says economist
NEWS — A new global strategy for climate protection isn’t likely unless a broad coalition can be forged that includes both have and have-not nations, a self-declared [Continue]
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