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NATIONAL PULSE – Exit of Canadian NHL teams spells viewership trouble

April 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

Strong first round viewership could dwindle for rest of playoffs with loss of Canadian teams and big stars By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE April 25, 2019 – Canada’s Stanley Cup [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Carnage in Sri Lanka especially sad for many friends here

April 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE HORRIFYING CARNAGE in Sri Lanka this week — just the latest in a seemingly never-ending stream of horrifying carnage — is a long way [Continue]

LETTER – The arts are alive and thriving in School District 73

April 24, 2019 // 1 Comment

Re: Letter to the editor: School district needs to be a leader in teaching the Arts, Apr. 9, 2019 by Ian MacKenzie Thank you for your thoughtful and passionate letter with [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Suddenly, the election in Kamloops riding is very interesting

April 24, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE REALLY SHOULD BE a recovery program for ex-politicians, one that gradually weans them off the compulsive need to be in the limelight. [Continue]

SUZUKI – Saving Notre Dame is worthy but so is saving the environment

April 24, 2019 // 1 Comment

WHEN PARIS’S NOTRE DAME caught fire on April 15, the flames threatened more than eight centuries of culture and history. The fire evoked shock, horror and grief [Continue]

GINTA – In defense of home cooking and family meals

April 23, 2019 // 1 Comment

WE HAD TO ADD A FEW SEATS around the table for dinner Sunday night. The kitchen was a bustling place, as it is when we have family and friends over. There were stories and [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Small-town secrets from of the Republic of Northern Island

April 23, 2019 // 2 Comments

The Republic Of Northern Island– Small towns can have many secrets but this small town, my newly adopted one of Port McNeill, has one of the best-kept secrets going. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – School district 73 joins graffiti vandals by sanctioning ‘mural’

April 23, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ALBERT EINSTEIN IS CREDITED with saying, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different [Continue]

PETERS – Ultra-rich raised $1 billion for Notre Dame with unsettling speed

April 22, 2019 // 1 Comment

THE TRAGEDY OF THE FIRE that damaged the Notre Dame Cathedral has touched the entire world. Even those who have never visited the iconic landmark are expressing sadness that [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A perfectly good protest has been ruined by legalization

April 22, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN YOU’VE SPENT years protesting something, it’s hard to stop even when there’s no longer anything to protest. Thousands turned out [Continue]

POLICE – Snowmobiler succumbs to injuries in crash at Sun Peaks

April 20, 2019 // 1 Comment

SUN PEAKS – A 28-year-old snowmobiler died Saturday (April 20, 2019) after suffering serious injuries in a crash during the Western Canadian Hillcross Tour at Sun [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – City’s Heritage Commission ignored out of existence

April 20, 2019 // 2 Comments

KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL could learn a thing or two from the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral. Within hours of the devastating blaze that destroyed a large part of one of the [Continue]

TNRD – Boston Flats eco-depot back for more consultation after protests

April 19, 2019 // 1 Comment

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD A controversial plan for an eco-depot in the Cache Creek-Ashcroft area has been sent back to the drawing boards. The [Continue]

POSTCARDS FROM THE TNRD – Directors reject voting-system proposal

April 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD Thompson-Nicola Regional District directors rejected a proposal on Thursday (April 18, 2019) to investigate a new way to [Continue]