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POLICE – Two motorcyclists killed in accidents, one person drowns

August 24, 2025 // 0 Comments

Three people have died in three separate accidents, say Kamloops police. RCMP S/Sgt. Kelly Butler today released information on fatalities and said investigations are ongoing [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Has MLA Stamer been living under a rock regarding prop rep?

August 22, 2025 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WILL WE NEVER be free of so-called ‘electoral reform,’ code words for proportional representation? “Most of the people will obviously [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Half of Canadians would be ashamed to call Poilievre PM

August 21, 2025 // 1 Comment

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE August 21, 2025 – Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has easily slain the 200-headed hydra he faced in his Battle River-Crowfoot byelection, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New parking rate plan feels like a City Hall money grab

August 21, 2025 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DOWNTOWN SHOPPERS have had it pretty good for a long time. Aside from City Hall’s insistence that there’s adequate parking in the core [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The Canadian context for PSA tests: to test or not to test

August 21, 2025 // 1 Comment

THERE’S BEEN a lot of controversy about routine tests for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in men. It’s a simple blood test that measures the level of PSA, a protein [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Is harsh punishment meted out to mayor proportionate?

August 18, 2025 // 6 Comments

SEVERAL THINGS about a new report finding that Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson was in a conflict of interest over a vote on a new homeless shelter are troubling. The report itself [Continue]