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CHARBONNEAU – We are ambivalent about fighting climate change

November 16, 2023 // 8 Comments

EVEN AS THE CLIMATE emergency grows, Canadians are becoming ambivalent. The threat is clear. Oceans are hotter than any time in the last 2,000 years. Conditions are ripe for [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Packing bus exchanges with new high-density housing won’t fly

November 16, 2023 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE MORE PUZZLING pieces to David Eby’s dictatorial housing plan is the one aimed at constructing more high-density housing around [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Spending $75,000 for cancer centre ‘advocacy’ is a total waste

November 15, 2023 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. GOVERNMENTS ARE GOOD at wasting money. We know that. Take, for example, a Thompson Regional Hospital District decision to pay $75,000 to a [Continue]

POLICE – RCMP units team up to catch suspects in early morning crime spree

November 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

Armed robbery, attempted car-jackings, and break and enter reports led to police units across districts working together and taking two suspects into custody. Two Kamloops [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Any talk of who’s to blame for Gaza must include Oct. 7

November 14, 2023 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WASN’T SURPRISED at some of the reaction to my Remembrance Day column on my recent visit to Auschwitz and the current disturbing rise in [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: A visit to Auschwitz and a question – could it happen again?

November 11, 2023 // 9 Comments

SATURDAYS ARE BUSY at Auschwitz. Eighty years ago, people came by freight train. Most never left. Now they come by car or bus for a few hours, reservation tickets in hand. [Continue]