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IN THE LEDGE – Why won’t govt restore funding to the Clearwater rapattack?

April 1, 2025 // 0 Comments

Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer (Conservative) raises rapattack funding during Question Period in the B.C. Legislature today. Ward Stamer: The government used to fund [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Carbon tax bill should have been brought forward earlier

March 31, 2025 // 2 Comments

Comments by Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar (Conservative) during debate in the B.C. Legislature today (March 31, 2025) on Bill 8, the Carbon Tax Amendment Act 2025 to set [Continue]

INVESTING IN CULTURE – The Case for Kamloops’ Performing Arts Centre

March 29, 2025 // 23 Comments

By DR. PETER TSIGARIS Thompson Rivers University Prelude: This editorial is part of a book series I co-authored with my senior undergraduate students, titled In the Shadow of [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Two Solitudes redefined: Quebec draws closer, the right drifts apart

March 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

PRESIDENT TRUMP has managed to unify Canadians more than any other U.S. president. For the first time since the Conquest of New France in 1759, the wall of ice between the [Continue]

FORSETH – Isn’t ICBC supposed to be hands off from govt interference?

March 26, 2025 // 4 Comments

TODAY, IN A MEDIA RELEASE, ICBC announced … $110 rebates now on their way to customers ICBC has started delivering 3.7 million rebates of $110 to eligible customers. [Continue]

JOHNSON – Bill 7 is a temporary tool to combat a threat we didn’t expect

March 24, 2025 // 4 Comments

RECENTLY B.C. OPPOSITION parties and pundits from all over the spectrum have banded together to call foul, the David Eby proposed Bill 7 and its intent to quickly respond to [Continue]