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EDITORIAL – What did the CSO arbitration cost Kamloops taxpayers?

April 10, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger IT WAS GOOD NEWS when the City announced that all the problems have been ironed out with the Canadian Union of Public Employees over the [Continue]

POLICE – Security cameras capture suspect leaving fire at business

April 9, 2024 // 0 Comments

Kamloops police are releasing images of a person believed to be related to a recent Valleyview fire in an effort to further the investigation. On March 30, 2024, around 3:12 [Continue]

PETERS – A child finding drugs in a park isn’t new, but it’s no less frightening

April 7, 2024 // 1 Comment

WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL not to completely overreact to the story this week of a mom finding a baggie of drugs among her young child’s Easter candy. The substance hasn’t been [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A surprise piece of mail reopens the debate on mayor’s conduct

April 6, 2024 // 15 Comments

THINGS SOMETIMES arrive in unexpected ways. Take the Integrity Group report on an investigation into Mayor Reid-Hamer Jackson’s conduct at City Hall, for example. The [Continue]

STONE – Outrageous memo endorses illicit drug use in B.C. hospitals

April 5, 2024 // 6 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson RECENTLY, WE UNCOVERED a shocking memo sent to nurses that permits the use of drugs and weapons in hospital rooms.The entire memo [Continue]

EDITOR – Tax exemptions for developers won’t solve housing crunch

April 4, 2024 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES don’t make for exciting reading. In fact, a lot of people probably don’t even know what they are, but they go [Continue]