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POLICE – Rash of business break and enters has RCMP boosting vigilance

February 26, 2024 // 2 Comments

A recent crime spree involving business break-ins has Kamloops RCMP concerned. Over the last two weeks, from Feb. 12 to 25, 2024, Kamloops has had about 25 reports of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The number 31,000 should be a wake-up call for Ukraine’s allies

February 26, 2024 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND. That’s how many Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia’s illegal invasion of their country was launched [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – What’s so great about being third fastest growing city?

February 24, 2024 // 3 Comments

GROW, GROW, GROW. We can’t stop talking about it. Growth is good. Growth is God. We must go higher, wider, bigger. The growth bug hits Kamloops every once in a while, like [Continue]

PETERS – Spend-happy B.C. govt should pay for KFR medical response unit

February 24, 2024 // 4 Comments

IF YOU LIVE in the city of Kamloops and your taxes go up a little higher next year, a new medical response unit for Kamloops Fire Rescue might be part of the reason. Chief [Continue]

FORSETH – Only most ardent NDPers can say budget benefits everyone

February 24, 2024 // 3 Comments

OVER THE PAST quarter century, according to Statista, parents in British Columbia have given birth to an average of 42,000 children. If only those children knew what kind of [Continue]

LETTER – For $4 a household, optics win out over common sense on climate levy

February 22, 2024 // 8 Comments

My thoughts on Tuesday’s Council decision to back off on the Climate Action Levy: Like a lot of communities, it took Kamloops a heck of a long time to: a) Get a climate [Continue]