‘YOU’RE OUT OF ORDER! You’re out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They’re out of order!” That’s from one of my favourite Al Pacino movie speeches. I [Continue]
THE DECISION TO DECRIMINALIZE POSSESSION of small amounts of hard drugs shouldn’t be seen as either the end of the world, nor the magic bullet that will finally bring the [Continue]
By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson THIS WEEK, the B.C. Coroners Service released year-end numbers that showed 2,272 lives were lost to a toxic drug overdose in 2022. [Continue]
WE HAVE BEEN SO AFRAID to tackle climate change issues we’ve let things get to a crisis stage. One of the worst examples involves our use of plastics. Decades ago, we [Continue]
A man dressed as Jesus Christ was arrested for unknown reasons (although some reports say he spent the night in the drunk tank) at a heavy metal concert in Penticton last [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘A GOOD FIRST STEP’ is a common way many are talking about the drug decriminalization pilot program that came into effect in B.C. this [Continue]
YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF says B.C. has a “drug legalization agenda,” Premier Danielle Smith. He adds that B.C. invests in treatment on a “very small scale.” Those are [Continue]
A weekend robbery in a motel room has police reminding the public of the risks associated to arranging services with people online. On Jan. 29, 2023, around 8:30 a.m., [Continue]
LOCAL GOVERNMEN is many things, but at its core is finding better ways to live together in relatively close quarters. Take garbage, for example. Yesterday, City of Kamloops [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A GONG SHOW. A circus. A comedy of errors. Those are some of the ways to describe Tuesday’s Kamloops City council meeting. It was painful [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHY IS IT SO HARD to get the hang of recycling? Kamloops residents — at least a certain percentage of them — simply aren’t stepping up [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S BEEN A YEAR since the Ottawa convoy. Three years ago, we were just beginning our experience with COVID-19. We didn’t even know what [Continue]
PUNK LEGENDS D.O.A., fronted by the aging but still raging Joey Shithead, play the Victoria Event Centre this Saturday. On Tuesday, Coun. Joe Keithley will ponder [Continue]
ON A MID-DECEMBER DAY in 1903, a flying machine built by Orville and Wilbur Wright lifted into the air and stayed there for just under a minute. It took more than 20 years [Continue]