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CHARBONNEAU – The new climate deniers surrender to wishful thinking

February 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

THE NEW CLIMATE DENIERS no longer deny that climate change is happening. It’s become too obvious that it is. It used to be that climate change deniers could ridicule the [Continue]

BEPPLE – ‘Disorganized’ sports and rec groups need to be given a voice too

February 17, 2021 // 3 Comments

SOME DAYS I think we need a Disorganized Sport and Recreation Association to give voice for the rest of us. That’s what I thought this week when I heard that the Kamloops [Continue]

WALSH – Buying online doesn’t help independent Kamloops businesses

February 16, 2021 // 2 Comments

By DENIS WALSH Councillor, City of Kamloops MAY I INVITE YOU to imagine a city without any locally owned independent businesses? Full disclosure — I chose this topic [Continue]

KNOX – The brother who wouldn’t lose hope, the sister who fought to free him

February 14, 2021 // 0 Comments

THERE WERE TIMES in Iran’s notorious Evin prison that Saeed Malekpour, a death sentence hanging over his head, would shut his eyes and dream of being back on Vancouver [Continue]

PETERS – We should all be so lucky to have a mom like Sue Simpson

February 13, 2021 // 0 Comments

ON JUNE 19, 2016, Jessie Simpson almost died by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. For the transgression of trespassing, the boy was bludgeoned with in an inch of [Continue]

STONE – B.C.’s economic recovery must be led by private sector jobs

February 12, 2021 // 2 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson IT’S NO SECRET that B.C.’s economy is reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest figures from Statistics Canada show [Continue]