POLICE – Suspect in custody after stabbing on Rogers Place
A suspect is in custody after a stabbing on Rogers Place on Sunday night (Feb. 16, 2020). Kamloops RCMP say a group of people were standing in the 1800 block of Rogers Place [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – Rona Ambrose – best leader the Conservatives never had
FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN OUT of federal politics since 2017 and has no intentions for running for leader of the Conservative Party, Rona Ambrose remains popular. Even the [Continue]
CONVERSATION – By calling survivors ‘heroes,’ we miss the full picture
By ANNIE ST. JOHN-STARK Thompson Rivers University WHEN DISASTER STRIKES — a hurricane, a terror attack, a landslide — we are quick to label the survivors as heroes. On [Continue]
POLICE – Suspect arrested after cash and ciggies robbed from gas station
Police arrested a suspect Saturday night (Feb. 15, 2020) after a gas-station robbery. At about 8:40 p.m., Kamloops RCMP received a report of a robbery that had just occurred [Continue]
KNOX – Viral message – Keep calm and wash your hands
TO REPEAT: In 2003, a total of 44 Canadians died of SARS, and we panicked. By contrast, 8,511 of us died from garden variety flu and pneumonia in 2018, and we yawned. As [Continue]
IN THE LEDGE – Armchair Mayor makes it into the Throne Speech debate
An excerpt from a speech by Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar during the Throne Speech debate this week in the Legislature: Now, there’s a gentleman, a former [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – How PAC 2.0 has made downtown parking issue vanish
THE MESSAGING ON the PAC parking issue continues to impress. After years of studies, delegations and failed attempts to build parkades, parking in downtown Kamloops is [Continue]
PETERS – This land is their land
AS I HAVE READ about the dispute over Wet’suwet’en land and the Coastal GasLink pipeline, I have had quite a hard time coming to some conclusions in my own mind. As one [Continue]
IN THE LEDGE – ‘When will the premier do something to end these protests?’
Excerpt from Question Period in B.C. Legislature on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. A. Wilkinson: Yesterday we saw the Granville Street bridge blocked for a few hours. Thousands of [Continue]
PROTESTS – CN initiates ‘orderly shutdown’ of Eastern network
New release from CN Rail: MONTREAL, Feb. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CN announced today that the Company has been forced to initiate a disciplined and progressive [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Two-in-five support protesters, half support pipeline
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE February 13, 2020 – Disruptions, blockades and protests in cities across the country may have amplified the message of Wet’suwet’en hereditary [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Scrap the new trail and build more sidewalks instead
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SIDEWALKS ARE NOTHING MORE than long strips of concrete but they play a tremendously important role in the health of a city. I thought about [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Illegal anti-pipeline protests run risk of stirring up racism
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE THRONE SPEECH yesterday was more than a nothing burger — to borrow from a trend in meat-like products these days, it was a [Continue]
FEATURED COMMENT – Many factors involved in closing of restaurants
Mel, I feel your article is missing many important factors on why the corporate restaurants are shutting down and several small mom and pops selling or closing down. [Continue]
