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EDITORIAL – Weeding out the non-starters in civic election platforms

August 23, 2022 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MORE AND MORE, the key issue in the October civic election in Kamloops is becoming clear. It certainly won’t be subsidizing student [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Soaring prices have four-in-five pinching pennies

August 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE August 22, 2022 – Statistics Canada may have reported cooling inflation rates in recent days, but the summer of price increases continues to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Mercy killing may be on a slippery slope toward expediency

August 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IS DOCTOR-ASSISTED SUICIDE becoming too easy? That’s a legitimate fear given what’s been going on lately. Stories have emerged of [Continue]

PETERS – Nostalgia is powerful but is it enough to sustain a Zellers revival?

August 20, 2022 // 1 Comment

THE NEWS OF THE ZELLERS REVIVAL engendered such an excited response this week, you would think this place was retail utopia. Unique products at rock-bottom prices in a [Continue]

HERITAGE – Vintage truck planter to grow into Truck Chilling Park

August 20, 2022 // 1 Comment

Kamloops will soon be home to the heritage-themed Truck Chilling Park. The park, located at corner of Bunker Road and McGill Road, started out as a passive green space [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Lisa LaFlamme, the media and drawing our own conclusions

August 20, 2022 // 1 Comment

MOST EVENINGS for the past several years, our TV set has been tuned to the CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme (but not before the local news, of course). LaFlamme is, or [Continue]