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ROTHENBURGER – Don’t worry about the turnout, just think first, then vote

October 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING, I’m going to get up and drive to my designated polling station. It’s a small polling station; very few people vote there so it likely won’t [Continue]

PETERS – Hold your nose and vote, but vote

October 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

IF YOU LISTEN LONG ENOUGH, all political campaigns tend to return to the same set of talking points. One of the most commonly used is that this is the most important election [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most prefer continued deficit spending to cuts

October 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE October 18, 2019 – In an election campaign where the day-to-day movements of the federal leaders are covered by the media like paparazzi, a key [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Coalition government is a possibility but an unlikely one

October 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN THESE WANING DAYS of the federal election campaign, a new issue is suddenly top of mind. It’s not climate change, or the economy, or [Continue]

LETTER – Reduced Liberal support nationally will show in local results

October 17, 2019 // 1 Comment

Just read your Oct. 12 column, ‘Gut instinct might still be the best election poll of all.” Back when Terry Lake publicly mused about running federally, I joked, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We love to hate election mudslinging, but it works

October 17, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AT LEAST ONE PREDICTION was absolutely correct about federal election 2019 — it’s been a nasty one. We used to think of negative [Continue]

POLICE – Owner takes wild ride on the back of his stolen pickup truck

October 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

A wild ride in a stolen pickup truck ended in a hay field south of Black Pines today (Oct. 16, 2019) with two occupants and an unwilling owner miraculously escaping serious [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – KCBIA needed to use KISS principle in election survey

October 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE KAMLOOPS CENTRAL BIA released its election questionnaire Tuesday and it’s pretty typical of the dozens of special-interest surveys [Continue]

BEPPLE – The power of building community

October 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

LAST WEEK, I was part of something almost magical. On Thursday, Oct. 10, I was one of an audience of about 200 who came together for the Stand Up for Mental Health comedy [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – NDP, Bloc gain at expense of Liberals, Conservatives

October 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE October 15, 2019 – As party leaders begin the final week of Canada’s 43rd federal election campaign, they do so experiencing an unsettling case [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Modern version of advance voting does no good for democracy

October 15, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. VOTING IS WELL UNDERWAY in the federal election, thanks to four days of advance voting over the long weekend. Turnout in the advance vote [Continue]

KNOX – Getting to the bottom of Andrew Scheer’s vestigial tail

October 13, 2019 // 3 Comments

THE DOORBELL RANG, which is never good news. Who could it be? Too early for trick or treaters. Religious zealots? Bottle drive? Oh, Lord, please don’t make me explain the [Continue]

LETTER – Giving thanks for support of Heritage Society, St. Andrew’s

October 12, 2019 // 1 Comment

Dear friends and supporters of St. Andrew’s On The Square: I am humbled by the response from all of you and the support we have been given. I never dreamed that our [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Gut instinct might still be the best election poll of all

October 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

WHILE THE REST OF US make election predictions based on the science of gut instinct, idle speculation and wishful thinking, there are actual experts at work using more [Continue]