KNOX – Should we change the name of British Columbia?
HOW BRITISH is British Columbia? Not very. Or, at least, not as British as it used to be. The ties between B.C. and Blighty aren’t what they were, even in Victoria, once [Continue]
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POLICE – Suspects sought in second shooting of same man in five months
A Kamloops man was taken to hospital today (Feb. 25, 2023) after becoming the victim of a shooting for the second time in five months. Just after 3 a.m., Kamloops RCMP were [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Changing attitudes on use of spanking to discipline kids
‘UP FRONT!’ I remember the words of my high school French teacher oh so well. Learning French was a challenge for me; languages other than English don’t come easily. [Continue]
PETERS – Pineview announcement is great; Kamloops needs more
THE PROVINCIAL NDP GOVERNMENT missed an opportunity to score some major political points in Kamloops this week when it inexplicably announced approval for a new school in [Continue]
WALSH – Councillors put obstacles in front of people wanting to talk to them
By DENIS WALSH ArmchairMayor.ca contributor ON A LOCAL RADIO SHOW last week, Coun. Dale Bass justified her recent notice of motion by saying it would “Keep communication [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Announcing the Bad News Awards for 1975
For this week’s edition of Armchair Archives, we go back to 1976. The following column was published in The Kamloops News on Jan. 30, 1976, not long after I returned to [Continue]
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