KNOX – Even with all the smoke it’s clear an election is looming
IT’S SMOKY OUT THERE. Need-headlights-at-4-p.m. smoky. Not as bad as newsrooms in 1982, mind you, but still as gloomy as a travel agent. We can see one thing clearly, [Continue]
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FORSETH – NDP government’s PR department is working overtime
I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, however it sure seems like the provincial government news department is working overtime this week, churning out release after release … [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – John Horgan’s election temptation is in the numbers
THURSDAY CAME AND WENT and Premier John Horgan didn’t call an election. That was the day he unveiled his “Stronger B.C.” economic recovery plan, which was supposedly [Continue]
PETERS – Horgan must explain how election isn’t a cynical power grab
B.C. POLITICS IS HIGHLY STRANGE AND UNUSUAL and never has that been more apparent than right now. We have an official opposition in a minority situation who is begging the [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Excess weight is not a disease
SOCIETY HAS A BIAS against people who weigh more than ‘normal,’ a bias with attached stigma called “fatphobia”. Doctors are not immune. It’s not that doctors are [Continue]
EDITORIAL – How important are the Blazers to community well-being?
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AH, THE GOOD OL’ HOCKEY GAME. The hold it has on us as Canadians was well illustrated as Kamloops council wrestled with what to do about [Continue]
LETTER – Downtown Kamloops is a mess and breathing its last breath
In your Armchair Mayor article of Aug. 15, you reference a quote by (former) Vancouver Mayor Philip Owen, who said that Kamloops has a “…downtown that’s dying.” [Continue]
BEPPLE – Shouldn’t homeless people have a place to sit, too?
THERE ARE THINGS we do because of bylaws, and then there are things we do just because they are the right thing to do. We have bylaws for dog licenses, noise, and unsightly [Continue]
EDITORIAL – If Horgan calls a snap election, he doesn’t deserve to win
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SPECULATION IS RAMPANT that Premier John Horgan will announce a provincial election tomorrow. It might just be the media feeding off each [Continue]
GINTA – If we are to see a better future, small steps are no longer enough
IT’S TOUGH TO SINGLE OUT GOOD NEWS these days. It feels like every morning since the new year has started, we are waking up to yet another day of bleak stories of our [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Surely, we can sacrifice trick or treating this year
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. GIVEN THAT HALLOWEEN has never been everyone’s favorite night of the year, it’s a little strange that so many people are determined to [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Task force on economy delivers variety of recycled ideas
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE MAYOR’S TASK FORCE on Economic Recovery has released an 18-page report on what the city should do about the pandemic, and it’s an [Continue]
POLICE – 32-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in stabbing
A 32-year-old Kamloops resident has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a man at the Acadian Motor Inn early Saturday. James Dylan Sanford has [Continue]
KNOX – Tiny rural schools look good during the pandemic
SAANICH POLICE caught a drunk driver doing more than twice the speed limit outside Campus View elementary on the first day of school. For real, they picked off the truck [Continue]
