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PETERS – Milobar was a steady captain in occasional rough waters

June 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

AS OF TODAY, Peter Milobar is officially no longer the mayor of Kamloops. First elected in 2008, Milobar was the longest serving mayor since amalgamation in 1967, and since [Continue]

COLLINS – Sometimes it’s good to rant. Other times, not so much

June 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

IN THE MEDIA, we sometimes speak before we know of what we speak. And then we have to issue retractions, or, to save face, I call them “clarifications.” Either way [Continue]

FORSETH – BC Liberals will win next election, Greens will be wiped out

June 30, 2017 // 8 Comments

THURSDAY IN the legislature, a long drawn-out limp to the finish line played out for the BC Liberal Party. It began this afternoon with parries between Weaver and Clark [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘This House stands adjourned until further notice’

June 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

The words that brought the BC Liberal government down on Thursday, June 29, 2017: Mr. Speaker: Seeing no further speakers, the question is the amendment to the Address in [Continue]

COLLINS – More on Kamloops’ recycling boondoggle

June 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

SOMETIMES WHEN you have so many good columnists working with you, you wind up treading on each others’ toes when you have something that sticks in your craw. I have been [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘…Government does not have the confidence of this House’

June 28, 2017 // 1 Comment

Excerpt from a speech by NDP leader John Horgan during Debate on the Throne Speech, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Horgan: … We’ve heard over the past number of days — [Continue]