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BEPPLE – Kamloops spends too much energy fighting with itself

April 4, 2018 // 8 Comments

ArmchairMayor.ca is pleased to welcome former Kamloops City councillor Nancy Bepple as a regular columnist. She will offer her opinions on Wednesdays each week. I ONCE SPENT [Continue]

McQUARRIE – New president has a Knaak for moving chamber forward

April 3, 2018 // 3 Comments

I RECENTLY MET up with Joshua Knaak, the new president of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce and for those who follow this column on a regular basis, you know that Mr. Knaak [Continue]

GINTA – Building a better world, one book at a time

April 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

CANADA READS 2018 has wrapped up. The winning book is Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto, defended by Jeanne Beker. I am looking forward to reading it; the rest that were in the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – In defence of Facebook

March 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

I LIKE FACEBOOK but I’m not an apologist for the social media giant. Facebook has done things wrong. They failed to prevent Cambridge Analytica from gathering detailed [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Exoneration of Chilcotin War chiefs an important step

March 27, 2018 // 2 Comments

Comments by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in Parliament on Monday, March 26, 2018 on the Liberal government’s exoneration of Chilcotin chiefs involved in [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Mr. Dressup – It’s a tradition you don’t want to mess with

March 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

AS I WRITE this column, I realize it may cause some readers to wonder if I’ve gone to the dark side. They’ll point, while avoiding eye contact and suggest I’ve lost [Continue]