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EDITORIAL – Taking oath of citizenship deserves ceremony, not an online form

March 9, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BECOMING A CANADIAN citizen should be a time not just to make it official but to join with other new Canadians in celebration. In a room, [Continue]

POLICE – RCMP converge on Lac Due Bois, arrest man after weapons report

March 8, 2023 // 0 Comments

A man was safely taken into custody following a large police presence in the area of Lac Du Bois Road this afternoon (March 8, 2023). Around 12 p.m., Kamloops RCMP frontline [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Food chains have a lot of explaining to do on grocery prices

March 8, 2023 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PRICE OF GROCERIES will be the focus of a new phase of a parliamentary probe today, and Canadians will be anxiously awaiting the [Continue]

LETTER – Another kind of ‘continuum’ is going on in our parks and streets

March 8, 2023 // 1 Comment

Re: EDITORIAL – What if politicians got their ducks in a row and parked the jargon? The use of the word “continuum” has made me feel rather small and insignificant. [Continue]

LETTER – Government should be ashamed of its record on drug deaths

March 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

TWO HUNDRED AND TEN DEATHS due to overdoses and a poisoned drug supply, here in BC, for the month of January — that’s 6.77 PER DAY!! AND STILL the buzz words from [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Half of Canadians don’t have a last will and testament

March 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 7, 2023 – In 1948, Cecil George Harris suffered a tragic mishap while plowing his fields near Rosetown, Sask. He became pinned under his [Continue]