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EDITORIAL – Bungled messaging on AstraZeneca will hurt vaccine rollout

May 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CANADIANS CAN BE FORGIVEN for feeling exasperated over the advice they’re getting on COVID-19 vaccines. The story is a familiar one. [Continue]

BEPPLE – Smaller lots, greater density should take priority over urban sprawl

May 5, 2021 // 2 Comments

STRONG SALES of housing in Kamloops continues, along with record housing prices. The latest year-to-date sales posted show year-to-date home sales in 2021 up 67.2 per cent [Continue]

FORSETH – It’s past time to stop the scum who murder with drugs

May 4, 2021 // 10 Comments

THE TRAGEDY of hundreds of lives lost due to drugs, addictions, and a poisoned drug supply was reported on once again last week — but was anyone listening? Have we tuned [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – O’Toole’s carbon gamble draws mixed political reviews

May 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole’s mid-April announcement of a new carbon pricing plan surprised many Canadians, including, reportedly, some [Continue]

GINTA: Legacy matters — Why our beautiful world deserves the best

May 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

IT HAD RAINED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT and the woods were alive with bird songs in early morning when dog and I headed out for a hike in our beloved Peterson Creek Park. The rain [Continue]

KNOX – A white bicycle and flowers at the spot where a cyclist died

May 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

SOME ROADSIDE MEMORIALS bring you down. They drag you into somebody else’s grief, an unwanted reminder that a tragic death happened right here. Often the impromptu shrines [Continue]