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BEPPLE – Let’s make Kamloops a safe, welcoming place for Muslims

June 9, 2021 // 3 Comments

I SIT ON MY PORCH most days and watch the world stroll by. There are people walking by themselves, in pairs and in families. They enjoy the flowers, watch the birds, chat to [Continue]

FORSETH – Better Internet is needed but why should taxpayers foot the bill?

June 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

THIRTY-FIVE POINT SIX ONE EIGHT MILLION dollars! In little more than 10 weeks (since March 26), that is how much the government of British Columbia has outright given to [Continue]

POLICE – Armed robbery and assault on Summit Drive being investigated

June 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

Kamloops RCMP are looking for witnesses following an early morning armed robbery that saw one person taken to hospital. At 7:13 a.m. today (June 8, 2021), officers responded [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Almost half of Asian Canadians identify discrimination against them as a problem

June 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE June 8, 2021 – As a nation eagerly looks to the weeks and months ahead to regain a closer semblance to their pre-pandemic lives, they are far more [Continue]

KNOX – A two-block stretch on the road to uncertain change

June 7, 2021 // 3 Comments

JOSEPH TRUTCH was an odious man. He was racist not only in word but in action. As B.C.’s pre-Confederation land commissioner, he was contemptuous of Indigenous people, used [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Canada Day Ray ’90 per cent’ ready to kick off run for mayor

June 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

IT MIGHT SEEM EARLY to start talking about next year’s civic election but, not really. That’s because there’s already a mayoralty race in the making. Nobody is going to [Continue]