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CHARBONNEAU – Journalists still the best way to get unbiased information

October 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

FACEBOOK HAS NOW increased protection for journalists against harassment, bullying, and death threats according to its global safety chief (Oct. 14, 2021, Globe and Mail). [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Canada should show mercy and let the Humboldt driver stay

October 21, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON who’s ever gotten behind the wheel of an automobile, I’m willing to wager, has a mistake-free record. Whether or [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sidewalks and windrows and yes, Kamloops winter is on the way

October 20, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S OFTEN BEEN SAID that the secret to leadership is to know when to lead and when to follow. Kamloops City council has been [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Monte Lake-Paxton residents ask for help, not for handouts

October 20, 2021 // 2 Comments

Remarks by Kamloops-South Kamloops MLA Todd Stone in the B.C. Legislature on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021: T. Stone: This is a story of resilience. Unless you’ve lived [Continue]

BEPPLE – Our civic politicians are starting to reflect diverse backgrounds

October 20, 2021 // 1 Comment

WHEN TERRY LAKE was elected as mayor in Kamloops in 2005, I don’t recall the lead in the news stories calling him British. This despite the fact that he was born in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Apologies and words; so what comes next for reconciliation?

October 19, 2021 // 3 Comments

(Image: Mel Rothenburger video) An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU came, he saw, he apologized. Surely, no one has ever apologized so many times [Continue]

COMPOST CHRONICLES – Chapter 2: The business model and compostable bags

October 18, 2021 // 4 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON ArmchairMayor.ca Contributor This is the next installment of the ongoing Chronical of the Kamloops City Composting Pilot Project. This year I will be sharing [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why can’t investigators work together on Lytton fire report?

October 18, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY with the Transportation Safety Board’s report on the cause of the wildfire that destroyed Lytton last summer. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Vaccine cards and the sudden switch to ‘fast food’ service

October 16, 2021 // 3 Comments

NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER of invention, and some Kamloops restaurants have been getting creative in order to legally skirt B.C.’s vaccine card law. Whether their methodology [Continue]

PETERS – Vaccine debate: Irresistible force versus the immovable object

October 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

MY FAVOURITE STORY OF THE WEEK was the one about Sadie, the sales-Husky. If you didn’t see it, the online story was about a wonderful, weird-looking dog who photobombs her [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The possibilities for exemption from vaccine mandates range from nil to zero

October 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

AS VACCINE MANDATES become normal across Canada, detractors are looking for ways to avoid the vaccination. Excuses range from medical exemption to what they hope are [Continue]

BEPPLE – City needs shelter space, but needs adequate housing even more

October 14, 2021 // 3 Comments

HOCKEY PARENTS are right. Kamloops’ Memorial Arena should once again be turned back into an ice arena, for use by hockey players, figure skaters and pleasure skaters. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Captain Kirk fires a broadside at pervasive cultural ageism

October 14, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CAPT. JAMES T. KIRK yesterday boldly went where no 90-year-old has gone before. He didn’t explore strange new worlds or seek out new [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – ‘After you, Gaston’ game on teacher vaccinations must end

October 13, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TWO THINGS SHOULD HAPPEN now that Premier John Horgan says it’s up to school districts to decide whether or not teachers and support staff [Continue]