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PETERS – If alcohol is as unhealthy as tobacco, it should be taxed like tobacco

January 28, 2023 // 1 Comment

THE CANADIAN CENTRE for substance use and addiction didn’t make a lot of friends this week. Sure, it’s all well and good when the lab coats go after heroin or fentanyl [Continue]

POLICE – Bones found near Peterson Creek belong to missing Kelowna man

January 27, 2023 // 0 Comments

Bones discovered near Peterson Creek last week have been confirmed as belonging to missing person Joseph Driscoll. Driscoll, a 42-year-old Kelowna man, was last seen walking [Continue]

NEWS – Miscommunication led to fatal ammonia leak at ice making plant

January 26, 2023 // 0 Comments

The death of a worker at an ice making facility in Mount Paul Industrial Park last May was caused by a failure to remove ammonia from the refrigeration system before it was [Continue]

TRU – Statement on investigation into allegations of misconduct

January 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

News release today (Jan. 17, 2022) from Thompson Rivers University: A Board of Governors-initiated investigation into allegations of misconduct against two senior [Continue]

TNRD – Monte Creek residents get fire service while new hall is built

January 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

Monte Creek residents now have fire protection. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District announced today (Jan. 9, 2023) that the new service came into effect Jan. 1 for 356 [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER- Armchair Mayor’s Top 10 ‘small stories’ of the year that was

December 31, 2022 // 2 Comments

THE BIGGEST NEWS of the year is very much in the eyes of the beholder. According to the Canadian Press, the Number One news event of 2022 was the trucker siege of downtown [Continue]