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EDITORIAL – Is Carney unwittingly setting the stage for return of Ajax?

June 12, 2025 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PRIME MINISTER Mark Carney’s promises to make Canada a global energy and resource super power might be bad news for Kamloops. Carney [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Eby’s approval ratings plunge by seven per cent

June 12, 2025 // 1 Comment

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE June 12, 2025 – The dust that is settling from the late-winter tariff blowup between Canada and the United States threatens to rise again with the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Few long-term jobs from AI data centers in Kamloops

June 12, 2025 // 1 Comment

THERE ARE OBVIOUS advantages for the builders of AI data centres to locate in Kamloops. But they don’t create that many long-term jobs. Job creation is a routine part of [Continue]

CITY COUNCIL – AAP to be used for vote on borrowing for new police station

June 11, 2025 // 11 Comments

Borrowing $150 million for a new police station will be decided with an alternative approval process, Kamloops City council decided Tuesday (June 10, 2025). The APP, formerly [Continue]

CITY COUNCIL – Pilot project to allow drinking in Riverside bandshell area

June 10, 2025 // 1 Comment

Residents of age will be able to enjoy a wine or brewski at the Riverside Park Bandshell grounds this summer. City council today (June 10, 2025) approved moving forward on a [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Council repeatedly shows it’s not interested in our opinion

June 10, 2025 // 7 Comments

By GARRY DAVIES Guest Columnist “WHAT TO MAKE of a diminished thing.” As I read the recent report on Kamloops debt load per person, I found myself realizing that we [Continue]