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EDITORIAL – Why can’t investigators work together on Lytton fire report?

October 18, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY with the Transportation Safety Board’s report on the cause of the wildfire that destroyed Lytton last summer. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Vaccine cards and the sudden switch to ‘fast food’ service

October 16, 2021 // 3 Comments

NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER of invention, and some Kamloops restaurants have been getting creative in order to legally skirt B.C.’s vaccine card law. Whether their methodology [Continue]

PETERS – Vaccine debate: Irresistible force versus the immovable object

October 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

MY FAVOURITE STORY OF THE WEEK was the one about Sadie, the sales-Husky. If you didn’t see it, the online story was about a wonderful, weird-looking dog who photobombs her [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The possibilities for exemption from vaccine mandates range from nil to zero

October 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

AS VACCINE MANDATES become normal across Canada, detractors are looking for ways to avoid the vaccination. Excuses range from medical exemption to what they hope are [Continue]

BEPPLE – City needs shelter space, but needs adequate housing even more

October 14, 2021 // 3 Comments

HOCKEY PARENTS are right. Kamloops’ Memorial Arena should once again be turned back into an ice arena, for use by hockey players, figure skaters and pleasure skaters. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Captain Kirk fires a broadside at pervasive cultural ageism

October 14, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CAPT. JAMES T. KIRK yesterday boldly went where no 90-year-old has gone before. He didn’t explore strange new worlds or seek out new [Continue]