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GUEST COLUMN – It’s time we created a National Wildfire Fighting Air Force

August 21, 2023 // 7 Comments

By TONY KLANCAR Guest Columnist WHERE WAS THE HELP? Where were the water bombers? With those words the reporter walked through the devastation of the former town of [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Non-essential hotel stays prohibited to make room for evacuees

August 19, 2023 // 0 Comments

Non-essential stays in hotels and motels in several Interior cities including Kamloops is being prohibited by the provincial government to make room for wildfire evacuees and [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – With all that water flowing by, do we really need drought restrictions?

August 19, 2023 // 2 Comments

IT’S THE FISH. That’s the answer if you’ve been skeptical about the value of water bans during the drought. We can be forgiven for asking about it — the rivers are [Continue]

BEPPLE – Organic waste collection will help climate goals and save money

August 18, 2023 // 9 Comments

I CAN STILL REMEMBER the excitement when the first deposits were put on soft drink bottles and beer bottles. The year was 1970, and I would have been seven or eight years [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Quebec leads Canada in private health care

August 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

MORE QUEBEC DOCTORS are moving into private practice than anywhere else in Canada. They are doing so because Quebec laws allow it, and because strict requirements that are [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Kamloops City Council finds a new way to stifle the public

August 17, 2023 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF NOTHING ELSE, Kamloops City council is very skilled at coming up with new ways to stifle the public. It’s also excellent at doing what [Continue]