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ARTS/ ENTERTAINMENT – WCT’s Anne of Green Gables a Broadway quality hit

November 27, 2025 // 1 Comment

By MEL ROTHENBURGER YOU NEVER KNOW what you’re going to get from Western Canada Theatre. It could be a dud like Women of the Fur Trade or three hours of hilarious and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Casimir’s reassurances on land rights aren’t very reassuring

November 26, 2025 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN reassuring, when Kúkwpi7 Chief Rosanne Casimir talked about the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc lawsuit claiming aboriginal [Continue]

ARTS/ ENTERTAINMENT – Shovels officially in the ground for arts centre

November 26, 2025 // 0 Comments

Shovels hit the dirt today to get construction of Kamloops’ new performing arts theatre officially underway. The digging consisted of a couple of tosses of soil that [Continue]

LETTER – Build first, explain later — the real story behind the arts centre

November 25, 2025 // 1 Comment

The news that the performing arts centre (PAC) cost has climbed to $211 million shouldn’t surprise anyone—least of all City Hall. The AAP capped borrowing at $140 [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Mayor’s proposal to relocate PAC is an idea that came too late

November 25, 2025 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WITH A GROUNDBREAKING ceremony for the performing arts centre set for Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 25, 2025) at the site of the former Kamloops [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Killing more grizzly bears won’t keep people safer in the woods

November 24, 2025 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE B.C. WILDLIFE FEDERATION wasted no time in trying to take advantage of a terrible bear attack near Bella Coola for political purposes. A [Continue]