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CHARBONNEAU – Prostate cancer deaths rise as simple test unused

January 15, 2026 // 1 Comment

A SIMPLE BLOOD TEST can reveal the early presence of prostate cancer but its use has been discouraged. Rates of incurable prostate cancer have jumped 50 per cent in Canadian [Continue]

SINGH – Would you run for election to a seat on Kamloops City council?

January 14, 2026 // 1 Comment

By ARJUN SINGH Kamloops Chronicle I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE several years ago of attending the International Association of Public Participation conference in Halifax, Nova [Continue]

STONIER-NEWMAN – Thank you to the caring – and despairing – seven OBGYNs

January 12, 2026 // 0 Comments

By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN ArmchairMayor.ca Contributor YOU HAVE BIRTHED our babies and grand-babies, nurtured mothers through the lengthy, and sometimes scary, [Continue]

JOHNSON – Encounters of the Zamboni kind down at the new skating place

January 11, 2026 // 3 Comments

SAW MR. MEL’S already enjoyed a short visit down at our new and local skating rink, pond, trail … thing (who is Nancy anyway? Or maybe which Nancy is the question?), [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Russia cheers Trump’s plan to control W. Hemisphere

January 8, 2026 // 3 Comments

THE KREMLIN welcomed President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy (NSS), released on Dec. 4, 2025. It was dismissed by some as an example of more Trump rant but [Continue]

FORSETH – Despite promises, forest industry continues downward spiral

January 4, 2026 // 3 Comments

WHILE B.C. FOREST MINISTER Ravi Parmar boasts about the government planting 231 million tree seedlings in 2025 … here’s some facts people might be interested in. [Continue]