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JOHNSON – How PSAC played the inflation card to get what it wanted

May 5, 2023 // 1 Comment

By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca AS OF MAY 4, it appears that the Federal Government and the union bargaining for 150,000 employees have come to two separate [Continue]

EDITORIAL – It’s coronation time – let’s all take the Oath of Allegiance

May 4, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CORONATION of King Charles III on Saturday morning doesn’t have people nearly as excited as they were when his mother was crowned in [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Homeless cannot set fires for heat, cooking

May 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

WILL BEATTY, Emergency Preparedness Manager for the City of Kamloops, suggests that the homeless could be justified in setting open fires. “We have to understand that [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Return to Four Pillars a hopeful sign in battle against addictions

May 3, 2023 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FOUR PILLARS are back. Once the centre of a strategy to tackle the drug crisis, the approach has seldom been mentioned in recent years [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Like everyone else, police deserve a break every once in a while

May 2, 2023 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. POLICE ARE HUMAN TOO. A couple of recent news reports confirm it. In one case, RCMP officers were accused of making insensitive remarks [Continue]

POLICE – East Trans Canada near Lafarge reopened after fatal collision

May 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

The highway east of Kamloops reopened this afternoon while the investigation into a fatal collision that caused its westbound closure is ongoing. On May 2, 2023, just before [Continue]