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ROTHENBURGER: The eternal question – what should be taught in school?

September 24, 2022 // 4 Comments

I LEARNED A LOT of useless stuff (or, as Paul Simon put it, “crap”) in high school. More accurately, my teachers tried to teach me; sometimes I didn’t learn much of it. [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – It’s getting easier for cryptocurrencies to be green

September 23, 2022 // 1 Comment

IT’S NOT EASY for cryptocurrencies to be green. They use a colossal amount of energy in writing transactions into digital legers. But one of the cryptocurrencies is [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Candidates have to do better at keeping signs cleaned up

September 22, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CIVIC ELECTION CANDIDATES have to do better at cleaning up their trashed and broken signs. Signs get vandalized in every election at every [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Common sense forgotten in City council’s curling club decision

September 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD is important in business but sometimes it can be a little too level. For example, have you ever decided to go to the [Continue]

POLICE – Charges sworn in McGill Road shooting investigation

September 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

Three men are facing robbery with a firearm charges as part of an ongoing investigation into a McGill Road shooting Friday morning. Around 7:41 a.m. on Sept. 16, 2022, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Queen’s funeral was spectacular, and it proved something

September 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU MISSED the Queen’s funeral yesterday, you should kick yourself. Not just because she [Continue]

FORSETH – Give me a break, are you really that thin-skinned, Pierre?

September 18, 2022 // 3 Comments

A COUPLE OF DAYS ago I received an email from Pierre Poilievre and the Conservative Party of Canada; to say I was not impressed is mild. Here, word for word, is the content [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Is cutting off the ‘lolly’ a way of saying NDP is out of ideas?

September 17, 2022 // 1 Comment

LOWERING EXPECTATIONS seems to be the strategy of the John Horgan government this week. He chose the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Whistler to do it. [Continue]

JOHNSON – Canada can’t just fire the monarchy

September 16, 2022 // 2 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca AS WE HAVE SEEN discussed on the news and across social media since the death of Queen Elisabeth II, talk of Canada’s [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Running for two elected jobs at the same time should be banned

September 15, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LOTS OF FAMILIAR FACES will be on the civic-election campaign trail, and a lot of new ones, too. In some cases, it adds up to a 50 per cent [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Fast Radio Bursts: closer to identifying but still mysterious

September 15, 2022 // 1 Comment

THEY’RE CALLED Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) simply because they are fast: they last only a few thousandths of a second and because they are radio waves: they are part of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Day of Mourning should have been declared a full stat

September 14, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MONDAY WILL BE a national holiday to mark the Queen’s funeral. Not everybody thinks it’s a good idea and not everybody will get the day [Continue]

POLICE – Underage beachfront partying leads to assault reports

September 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

Kamloops RCMP are asking parents to talk with their kids about the dangers and consequences associated with partying in public parks, following several recent reports. Last [Continue]

CIVIC ELECTION – Elect candidates who will cut red tape for builders

September 13, 2022 // 3 Comments

By CHRIS GARDNER President, Independent Contractors & Business Association WITH INFLATION making life more unaffordable than ever in British Columbia as we head into a [Continue]