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BEPPLE – Expect big Kamloops tax increase to pay for rising policing costs

August 25, 2021 // 1 Comment

THE PRELIMINARY FIGURES for the 2022 City of Kamloops budget haven’t yet come to council, but I’m predicting a large tax increase to offset the increased cost of [Continue]

SUZUKI – Federal election requires serious shift on climate, justice, health

August 24, 2021 // 1 Comment

PROTECTING THE AIR, water, soil, ecosystems and biodiversity that make human life possible shouldn’t be political. It’s become politicized, though. Worse, the debate is [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Liberal lead fizzles during first week of election campaign

August 24, 2021 // 1 Comment

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE August 24, 2021 – The battle for the hearts and minds of voters intensified – and evened up – in the first seven days of Canada’s 44th federal [Continue]

KNOX – Double-vaxxed? and other questions for the candidates

August 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

FIRST QUESTION for election candidates: Are you double-vaxxed? Second question: If not, is that because A) you have a medical condition that precludes it, or B) you think [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We in Kamloops should be mad as hell about Afghanistan

August 23, 2021 // 6 Comments

IT’S VERY SELDOM that I write about events happening on the other side of the world but the Afghanistan fiasco hits close to the heart and closer to home than we might [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Frontline firefighters are the heroes of this terrible summer

August 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

FIGHTING WILDFIRES is one of the toughest jobs on earth. You won’t find it on those lists of “worst jobs” that include the likes of roadkill collector and portable [Continue]