Analysis

ISSUES — Footloose in Taber, and Kamloops

March 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

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

March 13, 2015 // 4 Comments

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

March 2, 2015 // 4 Comments

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

February 18, 2015 // 2 Comments

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

January 9, 2015 // 2 Comments

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

October 14, 2014 // 5 Comments

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]