ROTHENBURGER – Things are seriously out of order around council horseshoe
‘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]
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PETERS – Decriminalization is a big paradigm shift — but a much more subtle change in practice
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]
STONE – ‘Better is possible’ in doing something about B.C.’s toxic drug crisis
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]
COLLINS – Government needs to be a lot tougher on plastics
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]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – When Christ wants to be anonymous, something is wrong
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]
EDITORIAL – Drug decriminalization pilot project might be wishful thinking
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]
CHARBONNEAU – You’re wrong Premier Smith; B.C. will win the war on addiction
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]
POLICE – ‘Encounter’ arranged online led to motel room assault and robbery
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]
BEPPLE – Living together is messy, complicated and complex
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]
EDITORIAL – Turning a City council meeting into a complete gong show
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]
EDITORIAL – Quit whining about recycling and just get the job done
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]
EDITORIAL – 3 years later, refuseniks can thank the science on COVID
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]
KNOX – A punk legend’s advice for new city councillors: be a sponge
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]
ROTHENBURGER – Artificial intelligence is with us, and we aren’t ready for it
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]
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