SO THE GOVERNMENT REDESIGNED the Canadian passport. The cover has a partial maple leaf and our crest. The inside pages have animals and nature scenes and other very anodyne [Continue]
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE B.C. INTERIOR get really upset at Justin Trudeau for the carbon tax — even though he had nothing to do with the one we pay. Our carbon tax was first [Continue]
AT THIS POINT, the NDP government dangling a cancer care centre over Kamloops has become like a demeaning joke. It’s the driver hitting the gas just as the passenger is [Continue]
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED after the Kamloops Blazers hosted a pride night on Wednesday: nothing. Well, nothing regressive and toxic, as far as we can tell. The Blazers wore [Continue]
MAYOR REID HAMER-JACKSON’S MOVE THIS WEEK to stack council committees with people he considers more in tune with his frequency was a fairly predictable development. In our [Continue]
IT IS AN INCREDIBLY FRIGHTENING TIME to be living in the North Thompson. People living in Barriere and Clearwater and all of the smaller communities along that corridor need [Continue]
THE PROVINCIAL NDP GOVERNMENT missed an opportunity to score some major political points in Kamloops this week when it inexplicably announced approval for a new school in [Continue]
WE’VE BECOME NUMB TO ALL THE BAD NEWS around medical care provided and not provided in Kamloops. We shouldn’t be numb to the news from this week, though. The Thompson [Continue]
IF SEINFELD brought us a Festivus for the rest of us — a holiday that rebelled against the cultural norm — then next week deserves another one: Palentine’s Day. Instead [Continue]
THE DECISION TO DECRIMINALIZE POSSESSION of small amounts of hard drugs shouldn’t be seen as either the end of the world, nor the magic bullet that will finally bring the [Continue]
HOPEFULLY, THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION into allegations against two of TRU’s senior administrators will teach the institution a lot more than it taught the rest of us. To [Continue]
HERE IN KAMLOOPS, we’ve moved past the point where it’s surprising when Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson misses a meeting or appearance. The latest instance this week was a [Continue]
THE FRAUGHT RELATIONSHIP between Canada’s Indigenous people and this nation’s police reached another new low this week. Winnipeg’s police service revealed that the [Continue]
AT THE RISK OF FURTHER ANGERING Regina Pats coach and GM John Paddock, we’re going to talk more about a potential trade for Connor Bedard. That’s all right — I consider [Continue]