CHARBONNEAU – Taxpayers or ratepayers – who pays Hydro’s debt?
FOR DECADES, B.C. governments have hidden the true cost of BC Hydro rates — but especially the BC Liberals. Under the direction of the BC Liberals, the Crown utility used [Continue]
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PETERS – Kamloops won’t end up with as many cannabis shops as it seems
HOW MANY FLOWER STORES do we have in Kamloops? How many coffee shops or shoe stores? You don’t know, do you? That’s understandable. But by now, you are probably [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – The Pinantan chicken and other tales of being grounded in the polar vortex
WHEN EVEN winter-hardened veterans from our neck of the woods complain about the weather, you know things aren’t normal. I haven’t heard this much bitching since Tim [Continue]
O’REILLY – The shocking truth about Kamloops’ love affair with automobiles
OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, Kamloops’ newly elected council has been going through a rigorous orientation that has included nearly 50 hours of facility tours, education [Continue]
POLICE – Two shot in ‘targeted attack’ at residence on Tranquille Road
Two people have been shot in what appears to be a targeted attack, say Kamloops RCMP. Today (Feb. 15, 2019) just before 4 p.m., Kamloops RCMP were called to a residence in [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Half willing to look at decriminalization of all drugs
Percentage saying opioid issue is serious or a crisis in their community has risen over past year By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE Feb. 15, 2019 – With the number of opioid related [Continue]
POLICE – RCMP release details of alleged robbery, kidnapping
Kamloops RCMP today (Friday, Feb. 15, 2019) released the following statement with respect to police activity in Dallas and elsewhere on Thursday. Early on the morning of Feb. [Continue]
SCHOOLS – Alleged threat ‘has been managed and our schools are safe’
The following message was emailed to all parents and guardians with children enrolled in School District No.73 (Kamloops-Thompson) on behalf of Alison Sidow, Superintendent [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Lack of change table in men’s washroom a First World problem
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU HAD ANY DOUBTS that we live in a nanny state, read up on the case of the Kamloops dad who was “shocked” to find the men’s [Continue]
IN THE LEDGE – ‘There’s a problem here and we all have to fix it’
Debate in the B.C. Legislature today (Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019) between Premier John Horgan and Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver on the Speaker’s report and clerk [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Scandals here and in Ottawa outdo boring Throne Speech
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN NORMAL TIMES, yesterday’s Speech from the Throne in the B.C. Legislature would have dominated the news for a couple of days. But these [Continue]
BEPPLE – Those low property taxes are good unless we want a better city
IT’S EASY TO GET sucked into the promise of low taxes. And, I have to admit, last week I was sucked in too. On Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, the City of Kamloops staff and [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Protecting store clerks from robbers is a two-way street
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BUSINESSMAN DENIS WALSH — as opposed to Coun. Denis Walsh — hasn’t had a good couple of weeks. First, his Movie Mart store was robbed. [Continue]
GINTA – It’s high time we end the mental health stigma
IT’S ALMOST A YEAR since I encountered human pain in a way that I never thought I would and there is rarely a day I do not think of it, more so because it happened in [Continue]
