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Kamloops should put three-cents-per-litre municipal tax on gasoline, and tax diesel too

April 6, 2014 // 19 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE — Dr. Peter Tsigaris, an economics professor at Thompson Rivers University, write for The Armchair Mayor News on important current issues and ideas. By [Continue]

In Sunday’s Armchair Mayor News — the case for adding a municipal tax on gas and diesel

April 5, 2014 // 3 Comments

SUNDAY IN THE ARMCHAIR MAYOR NEWS — TRU economics professor Dr. Peter Tsigaris puts forward a case for the City of Kamloops to put a municipal tax of three cents per litre [Continue]

Some old things you keep, some you toss but as long as it’s because you want to, it’s OK

April 5, 2014 // 1 Comment

COLUMN — I was sitting between NL’s Angelo Iacobucci and Andrea Klassen of KTW at a public hearing the other night when I realized what a dinosaur I am. More accurately, [Continue]

If we give kids the chance to see and care about the land, there’s still time to save it

April 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

COLUMN — Daniela Gina writes Fridays for The Armchair Mayor News. On our walks to and from school we get to talk about everything. Cats, dogs, learning, why stay six hours [Continue]

Stand on guard for a democratic Internet

April 3, 2014 // 1 Comment

COLUMN — Canadians must stand on guard for a free and democratic Internet. Look what happened in the U.S. when they let their guard down. Earlier this year, a U.S. appeals [Continue]

Terror in the barnyard: a crazed tom turkey with sharp beak and a determination to use it

March 31, 2014 // 1 Comment

COLUMN — Jody and Dan Spark write each week about life on their small acreage at McLure. There’s nothing so frightening as a crazed tom turkey with a sharp beak and [Continue]