KNOX – Days of the peeler bars are numbered in B.C.
BY NOON TUESDAY, the guy from the bar-supply company was loading torpedo-like beer gas tanks into his van. The Fox Showroom Pub didn’t need them anymore. The last scene of [Continue]
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McQUARRIE – Federal politics like an episode of Fawlty Towers these days
“We’ve been conditioned to think that only politicians can solve our problems. But at some point maybe we will wake up and recognize that it was politicians who [Continue]
LETTER – Revamped political landscape will include a Green MP in Kamloops
I write in response to a recent column in Kamloops This Week “Preparing for a revamped political landscape in Kamloops.” Kamloops should indeed be preparing for a [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Ditch current plans for Stuart Wood, make it a school again
THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, the more I think a big mistake is being made with Stuart Wood school. As the painfully long process drags on sorting out control of the property, [Continue]
PETERS – Politics as usual from Trudeau may keep undecided voters away
AUGUST 14 WAS CHRISTMAS MORNING for Andrew Scheer and the federal Conservatives — and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion was playing the part of Santa. Two months ahead of the [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Traffic plan should return Seymour to two-way
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger first published May 24, 2018. KAMLOOPS CITY HALL is in the last days of its public-input phase for a new transportation [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The Bomb is back, big time
AS I WATCHED THE BOMB (Netflix), I couldn’t help but think of a line from Leonard Cohen: “I’m guided by the beauty of our weapons/First we take Manhattan, then we take [Continue]
SUZUKI – New IPCC report flags diet and land-use changes to curb climate chaos
LAND AND AGRICULTURE are critical components in the climate crisis. According to a new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, land use — including agriculture [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Rainbow crosswalk is for the rest of us, too
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SINCE I WAS LESS than complimentary about City council’s dithering on the rainbow crosswalk, it’s only fitting that I comment on the [Continue]
BEPPLE – What we build today will still be enjoyed sixty years from now
THE OTHER DAY, as often happens, I found myself at Prince Charles Park on a warm summer evening. I was not alone. The park was full of children playing on the jungle gym. [Continue]
FORSETH – How four-pound Finnegan helps get his owner through the day
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES … hidden disabilities … you normally don’t see them unless they are extreme. I myself have a range of depressive moods, I can have sudden [Continue]
EDITORIAL – NDP’s local woes reflect those of the party federally
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OH, HOW FAR they have fallen. The recent resignation of Gina Myhill-Jones as the NDP candidate in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo is symbolic of [Continue]
POLICE – Fugitives died in apparent suicide by gunfire, say RCMP
Statement today (Aug. 12, 2019) by RCMP on the results of autopsies on the two bodies found near Gillam, Man.: The Manitoba Medical Examiner has completed the autopsies and [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Kudos to those who build things up instead of tear them down
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S SOMETIMES SAID there are two kinds of people in every community — those who tear things down and those who build things up. We [Continue]
