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IN THE LEDGE – ‘Decriminalization is causing chaos in our communities’

April 23, 2024 // 7 Comments

Excerpt from Question Period in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, April 22, 2024. T. Stone: Every single day there’s more damning evidence that piles up against this [Continue]

MILOBAR – Disorganized responses of NDP undermine trust on drug issues

April 23, 2024 // 0 Comments

By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson RECENTLY EXPOSED internal communications and firsthand accounts have revealed that drug use in B.C. hospitals is not only [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Is the mayor of Kamloops suddenly only allowed to work 9 to 5?

April 21, 2024 // 11 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. UPDATE (Sunday afternoon): Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson phoned back to say he’d found an email notifying him and councillors that access [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A modest proposal for a better citizen satisfaction survey

April 20, 2024 // 6 Comments

IT WILL SOON BE TIME for the Kamloops citizen satisfaction survey, when taxpayers will have an opportunity to say what they think of their city. The survey will be carried [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – How will history write this age of tumult?

April 18, 2024 // 3 Comments

WE LIVE IN AN AGE of upheaval and uncertainty. How will it end? What was the start? Did our current epoch start with the havoc of COVID: supply chain disruptions with panic [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Who would survive if we had a recall law for City councils?

April 18, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’LL WAGER THAT if B.C. had recall legislation for municipal politicians, eight of the nine current members of Kamloops City council would [Continue]