SUZUKI – LawnShare helps create vibrant, biodiverse havens
THE SAYING “the grass is always greener on the other side” encapsulates the eternal, often futile quest for something better. When it comes to the vast swathes of [Continue]
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IN THE LEDGE – Premier is in full political control mode on decrim
Excerpt from debate during Question Period in the B.C. Legislature today (April 30, 2024): P. Milobar: Well, it’s very clear that with five months to go before an [Continue]
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: disqualify elected reps who ‘repeatedly bully’
A very interesting resolution is being put forward for debate at this week’s annual conference of the Southern Interior Local Government Association in Kamloops. No [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – City halls, campuses fair game for protests but not hospitals
Majorities also believe schools, churches should be off limits for demonstrations By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE April 30, 2024 – While demonstrations are far from new phenomena [Continue]
EDITORIAL – More talk than action at annual regional municipal conflab
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MAYORS AND COUNCILLORS, some 250 of them, from the Southern Interior get together in Kamloops starting today for some drinks, a round of [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Eby’s backtrack on public drug use is a good start but that’s all
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE DECISION to scale back decriminalization and seek a change allowing enforcement against wanton consumption on illicit drugs in public is [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – A conversation with the mayor, in his inner sanctum
I sat down with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson in his City Hall office Friday to discuss… his office, of course, and the controversy surrounding when he’s allowed to be [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – How governments self-promote instead of inform
ARE OUR PUBLIC BODIES in the information business, or the propaganda business? The answer might seem obvious but their way of going about it can be annoying. Every time one [Continue]
DRUGS – Eby moves to make decrim changes on use of illicit drugs in public
The NDP government wants the feds to make illicit drug use illegal in all public spaces, including inside hospitals, on transit and in parks. The move comes after weeks of [Continue]
IN THE LEDGE – What are government’s intentions with Glenfair property?
Excerpt from debate during Committee of Supply for Ministry of Housing in the B.C. Legislature on Thursday, April 25, 2024: P. Milobar: I was surprised by my colleague [Continue]
POLITICS – Punishing thoughtcrimes has become the new normal in Canada
Canada goes all-in for 1984, with its attack on free thought and free expression in Bill C-63 By MARK MILKE Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy AMERICANS MAY WISH to look [Continue]
EDITORIAL – A fond farewell to the airwaves from the Armchair Mayor
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M AN OLD MAN. This is a fact I’ve been reluctant to acknowledge. I hate it when the media refer to anyone over the age of 60 as [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Premier Smith waffles on federal help to cities
ALBERTA PREMIER Danielle Smith must wake up each morning and think: How can I stick it to the feds today? That’s the purpose of Smith’s Bill 18, the Provincial Priorities [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Why was another ‘council’ photo taken without the mayor?
A short editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONCE AGAIN, Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is left out of a photo of ‘Kamloops council.’ The above image showed up on my X/ [Continue]
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