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CHARLEBOIS – Bureau makes the right call for more grocery competition

July 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

Loblaw, Empire/Sobeys and Metro control 80 percent of Canadian grocery sector. Too little competition is becoming an issue for Canadians By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS Dalhousie [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: How RHJ confounds his critics and wins hearts and minds

July 8, 2023 // 2 Comments

THERE ARE THREE big reasons Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson prevails over his critics and will continue to prevail. Two of them involve key civic issues and the third is about the [Continue]

MILOBAR – NDP government’s ‘new normal’ simply isn’t good enough

July 7, 2023 // 2 Comments

WHILE SUMMER is supposed to be a relaxing time, it was anything but for travellers who endured sheer chaos at BC Ferries terminals this past long weekend. Mechanical [Continue]

BEPPLE – As it gets hotter, now is the time to follow the Climate Action Plan

July 7, 2023 // 4 Comments

THE SUMMER is well underway, and we’re heading towards more and more record-breaking weather events. As of July 5, in Kamloops there were 50 days greater to or equal to 25 [Continue]

POLICE – Second suspicious package confirmed to be a pipe bomb

July 6, 2023 // 1 Comment

Police are looking for witnesses and information after a second suspicious package found in a residential area was confirmed to be a pipe bomb. The second package was located [Continue]

POLICE – Investigation into Merritt councillor’s death continues

July 6, 2023 // 0 Comments

Valemount RCMP continue their investigation into a crash that claimed the life of Merritt councillor Claire Newman on Wednesday (July 5, 2023). Shortly after midnight, police [Continue]