CHARBONNEAU – ‘Indigenous’ identity is a vague status
BEING ‘INDIGENOUS’ can mean almost anything. Celebrated author Thomas King made it clear. The author of The Inconvenient Indian had always thought that he was [Continue]
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NATIONAL PULSE – Christmas will be merrier for some than for others
Majority of lower-income households say it’s difficult to put food on the table, with prices expected to rise By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE December 10, 2025 – Trees all around [Continue]
EDITORIAL – City council tightens the screws on public input at its meetings
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN of civic democracy was hammered in tighter today (Dec. 9, 2025) by Kamloops City council. By majority vote, the [Continue]
CITY ISSUES – ‘Hit pause’ on City spending, rally at City Hall urges
Pausing “mega projects,” axing AAPs and controlling taxes were the themes of a rally in front of City Hall today (Dec. 9, 2025) attended by around 40 people. Organized by [Continue]
POLITICS – Churchill’s port expansion isn’t the nation-builder politicians claim
The politically driven “fantasy project” risks becoming another costly government-made boondoggle BACK IN 1913, it was predicted that a railway to Hudson Bay would unlock [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Bringing property owners into all the land claims talk
SHANE GOTTFRIEDSON is a well-known local businessman. Back in 2015, he was chief of the Tk’emlúps Band, and was one of two signatories to a lawsuit demanding [Continue]
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