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IN THE LEDGE – We’re supposed to believe ‘Just trust us’ on cancer centre?

February 27, 2024 // 0 Comments

Excerpt from remarks by Kamloops-North Thompson MLA and Opposition finance critic Peter Milobar during budget debate on Monay, Feb. 26, 2024. … THE CANCER CENTRE in [Continue]

PETERS – Spend-happy B.C. govt should pay for KFR medical response unit

February 24, 2024 // 4 Comments

IF YOU LIVE in the city of Kamloops and your taxes go up a little higher next year, a new medical response unit for Kamloops Fire Rescue might be part of the reason. Chief [Continue]

FORSETH – Only most ardent NDPers can say budget benefits everyone

February 24, 2024 // 3 Comments

OVER THE PAST quarter century, according to Statista, parents in British Columbia have given birth to an average of 42,000 children. If only those children knew what kind of [Continue]

MILOBAR – NDP’s status quo: record-high spending with record-low results

February 22, 2024 // 0 Comments

By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson EARLIER THIS WEEK David Eby and the NDP made their Speech from the Throne, a sneak peek at what to expect with their upcoming [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Fluoridation could save our public dental plan billions

February 22, 2024 // 4 Comments

NOW THAT WE are all paying for a national dental plan, it would be a good idea to reduce costs by fluoridating more of Canadian water supplies. The cost of the public dental [Continue]

PETERS – Milobar and Stone will face their toughest election fights this year

February 17, 2024 // 3 Comments

KAMLOOPS WAS ONCE SEEN AS A BELLWETHER riding provincially, meaning the candidates who won here, their party would unfailingly form government. That has not held true for a [Continue]