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EDITORIAL – No surprise that trucker convoy lost control of the message

January 31, 2022 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE UGLINESS OF THE MOB MENTALITY played out in Ottawa on the weekend as the so-called Freedom Convoy of truckers cluttered up the [Continue]

JOHNSON – Why the truckers’ protest in Ottawa was doomed to fail

January 30, 2022 // 8 Comments

SOOO, HERE WE GO … crowds of trucks jamming into Ottawa and packing Parliament Hill on Saturday and Sunday to protest the federal Liberal government, vaccine mandates and [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Our focus on mental health shouldn’t be limited to one day

January 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

By GREG KYLLO MLA, Shuswap THIS WEEK WE MARKED Bell Let’s Talk Day, which raises awareness of mental health issues as well as funds for mental health initiatives across [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Our cityscape makes a daring switch from beige to greige

January 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

I’VE GOT GOOD NEWS and bad news. You might have heard me rant a time or two about the beigeness of Kamloops, a condition caused by myopic planners able to see only “earth [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Punishment for street criminals is the elephant in the room

January 27, 2022 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LONG-STANDING CALLS for complex-care facilities are finally being acted upon by the provincial government; unfortunately, Kamloops isn’t [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The success of Canada’s legalization of cannabis

January 27, 2022 // 1 Comment

THE FACT THAT CIGARETTES were legal but caused cancer, and cannabis was illegal but hadn’t been proven to cause cancer, struck us as grimly ironic in the 1970s. We quipped: [Continue]