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CITY – State of emergency declared in response to Noble Creek erosion

May 12, 2023 // 1 Comment

The City of Kamloops has declared a state of local emergency under the Emergency Program Act in response to erosion concerns threatening the Noble Creek Irrigation System [Continue]

PETERS – The passport redesign was bound to offend someone

May 12, 2023 // 0 Comments

SO THE GOVERNMENT REDESIGNED the Canadian passport. The cover has a partial maple leaf and our crest. The inside pages have animals and nature scenes and other very anodyne [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Time to reconsider City’s decision to ban Facebook comments

May 11, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. COMMUNICATION is a two-way street. It’s an exchange, a receiving as well as giving of information. Kamloops City Hall sometimes forgets [Continue]

GINTA – For Jessie and Sue, it’s love that sustains hope

May 10, 2023 // 0 Comments

IT’S SATURDAY, LATE AFTERNOON, and the drizzle is picking up. I’m at the beach in Savona with my dog, sitting on a log mesmerized by the small concentric circles [Continue]

EDITORIAL – How is it that the heroes of the pandemic are suddenly bums?

May 10, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW QUICKLY we forget. It wasn’t long ago when we considered Dr. Bonnie Henry — the architect of lockdowns — a saint. Each afternoon, [Continue]

FORSETH – Latest poll numbers bad news for Rustad and BC Conservatives

May 9, 2023 // 2 Comments

MAY 9, 2023: Information in a new poll released today from Research Co. shows: Public backing for the governing BC New Democratic Party (NDP) has increased over the past [Continue]