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SINGH – Why we should provide free meals for Kamloops City council

May 4, 2026 // 7 Comments

By ARJUN SINGH The Kamloops Chronicle IN LATE 2005, I was sworn in as a city councillor alongside a great group of Kamloopsians. After the installation ceremony, the city [Continue]

FORSETH – Maybe we could ‘repace’ Eby’s govt to the Opposition benches

May 2, 2026 // 0 Comments

THE FOLLOWING is the opening to an email I received this morning from the BC NDP: “In tough economic times, our government is making a clear choice: protect the services [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – New Zealand creates a natural sanctuary

April 30, 2026 // 0 Comments

IT TOOK DECADES of planning, thousands of volunteers, millions of traps, and three years to build a rodent-proof fence. But New Zealand finally has a little slice of what [Continue]

FORSETH – Why shouldn’t someone be the ‘adult’ in the room?

April 27, 2026 // 0 Comments

YESTERDAY (04/26) a Castanet news story was headlined, “Milobar stakes claim as steady leader in heated BC Conservative leadership debate” which included the comment that [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – DRIPA problems kicked down the road as the glow fades

April 23, 2026 // 1 Comment

IT WAS A FEEL-GOOD moment when The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) was passed into BC law in 2019. All parties unanimously agreed to align [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Politics is complicated, but it is not out of reach

April 22, 2026 // 0 Comments

By NICHOLAS HAMSON Guest columnist F0R FAR TOO MANY, politics has a reputation of being one of two things: either overwhelming, or not worth paying attention to at all. I see [Continue]