Would free transit be worth it?
ISSUES — With the regularity of a City bus, the idea of free public transit comes up for discussion. With equal regularity, the door swings shut on it, as it was at a [Continue]
Analysis
‘Warning, Public Art’ — sign of the times?
By MEL ROTHENBURGER/ ISSUES — The Raven’s Nest remains behind a fence in Riverside Park, looking as though it’s in jail, until the City decides what to do about [Continue]
Burrard’s bunker fuel problem: Why even a small spill is too big
Burrard Inlet and the Second Narrows Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, looking west from Capitol Hill in Burnaby. (Image Credit: Creative Commons) By DANIELA GINTA On the evening [Continue]
ISSUES —Is plan for performing arts centre way too much, way too late?
ISSUES — The plan — more like a sketch — for a performing arts centre unveiled this week confirms the cost of procrastination. At $90 million, it’s six times the [Continue]
ISSUES — Footloose in Taber, and Kamloops
ISSUES — It’s often said — too often, in fact — that governments can’t legislate behaviour. Taber, the Corn Capital of Canada, is trying. (As we shall see, [Continue]
ISSUES — Minimum-wage hike a non-event
ISSUES — The new B.C. minimum wage is too much, or not enough. Depends on which side of this unwinnable, unresolvable argument you’re on. Thursday, Minister of State [Continue]
ISSUES — Panhandling bans, the pros and cons
UPDATE: City council voted Tuesday to forward the panhandling letter to the Co-ordinated Enforcement Task Force. By MEL ROTHENBURGER NEWS/ CITY — If panhandling laws keep [Continue]
INTERVIEW — Why the wolf cull should stop
An interview with Ian McAllister, co-founder of Pacific Wild By DANIELA GINTA The recent wolf cull in British Columbia has been the subject of hot debate, even more so after [Continue]
Building a friendlier, happier community
BCSEA-Kamloops brings world-renowned speaker Gil Peñalosa to CIL By B.C. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION/ Kamloops Chapter Gil Peñalosa has a simple rule: If you create a [Continue]
Kamloops’ fine particulate values above B.C. guidelines for 16 years
Editor’s note: This is an abbreviated version of a 20-page report entitled “Reconstructing the Historic Database of Annual PM2.5 Values for Kamloops, B.C. by [Continue]
Is our agreement with Uji worth it?
By MEL ROTHENBURGER Thanks to CBC Daybreak Kamloops for providing me with the opportunity to meet and talk with Uji Mayor Tadashi Yamamoto, and for permission to use material [Continue]
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