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POLICE – ‘Encounter’ arranged online led to motel room assault and robbery

February 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

A weekend robbery in a motel room has police reminding the public of the risks associated to arranging services with people online. On Jan. 29, 2023, around 8:30 a.m., [Continue]

BEPPLE – Living together is messy, complicated and complex

February 1, 2023 // 3 Comments

LOCAL GOVERNMEN is many things, but at its core is finding better ways to live together in relatively close quarters. Take garbage, for example. Yesterday, City of Kamloops [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Turning a City council meeting into a complete gong show

February 1, 2023 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A GONG SHOW. A circus. A comedy of errors. Those are some of the ways to describe Tuesday’s Kamloops City council meeting. It was painful [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Quit whining about recycling and just get the job done

January 31, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHY IS IT SO HARD to get the hang of recycling? Kamloops residents — at least a certain percentage of them — simply aren’t stepping up [Continue]

EDITORIAL – 3 years later, refuseniks can thank the science on COVID

January 30, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S BEEN A YEAR since the Ottawa convoy. Three years ago, we were just beginning our experience with COVID-19. We didn’t even know what [Continue]

KNOX – A punk legend’s advice for new city councillors: be a sponge

January 29, 2023 // 0 Comments

PUNK LEGENDS D.O.A., fronted by the aging but still raging Joey Shithead, play the Victoria Event Centre this Saturday. On Tuesday, Coun. Joe Keithley will ponder [Continue]