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POLICE – 500 block Columbia St. W. reopened after shooting incident

October 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

Police reopened the area surrounding the 500 block of Columbia Street West at about noon today (Oct. 16, 2020) after a person was shot there earlier in the day. RCMP Sgt. [Continue]

BC ELECTION – New Democrats hold comfortable lead over Liberals

October 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

Friday, October 16, 2020 – As British Columbians weigh in on the only televised debate in the BC election campaign, the latest public opinion survey from the non-profit [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – A reliable postal system is an indication of a country’s democracy

October 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

I’VE FOUND THAT YOU CAN determine how well a country functions by how well its postal system works. When I lived in Australia, I could count on letters getting back to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Loss of Jack Gregson Trail goes beyond the trail itself

October 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE JACK GREGSON TRAIL will soon be only a memory, with the announcement by CP Rail that it needs the space for track expansion. The trail [Continue]

BEPPLE – Railway owns the Jack Gregson Trail but it has responsibilities

October 14, 2020 // 7 Comments

A FEW DAYS AGO, I took an amble along one of my favorite trails, the Jack Gregson Trail. Tucked away, along the South Thompson River, connecting the east end of Lorne [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Imagine that – a political debate that was worth watching

October 14, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE WAS A CLEAR WINNER in Tuesday night’s B.C. leaders’ debate. As usual, all three parties fired off media releases right after it [Continue]