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GINTA – If we are to see a better future, small steps are no longer enough

September 15, 2020 // 2 Comments

IT’S TOUGH TO SINGLE OUT GOOD NEWS these days. It feels like every morning since the new year has started, we are waking up to yet another day of bleak stories of our [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Surely, we can sacrifice trick or treating this year

September 15, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. GIVEN THAT HALLOWEEN has never been everyone’s favorite night of the year, it’s a little strange that so many people are determined to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Task force on economy delivers variety of recycled ideas

September 14, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE MAYOR’S TASK FORCE on Economic Recovery has released an 18-page report on what the city should do about the pandemic, and it’s an [Continue]

POLICE – 32-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in stabbing

September 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

A 32-year-old Kamloops resident has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a man at the Acadian Motor Inn early Saturday. James Dylan Sanford has [Continue]

KNOX – Tiny rural schools look good during the pandemic

September 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

SAANICH POLICE caught a drunk driver doing more than twice the speed limit outside Campus View elementary on the first day of school. For real, they picked off the truck [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Wouldn’t it be nice if politicians knew what they were doing?

September 12, 2020 // 2 Comments

The notion that politicians should be experts only sounds good until we consider the concept more thoroughly POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN GETTING NEW JOBS from their bosses lately. [Continue]