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ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – It’s time to say goodbye to the trees at RIH

June 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Armchair Mayor is on staycay this week. In place of his usual daily editorials and column, we offer blasts from the past. The following column was originally published [Continue]

McQUARRIE – ‘I’m not a racist but’ is an all-too familiar phrase

June 28, 2020 // 2 Comments

JUST WHEN YOU THINK things might be getting better, a post like this is shared on local social media saying: “Got a speeding ticket near a Dennys. Do I burn down the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – For one day, Canada Day, can’t we all just have fun?

June 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

CANADA DAY WILL BE very different this year, but that’s stating the obvious. No art in the park, no multi-cultural food fair, no beer garden, no speeches or oath of [Continue]

PETERS – Trading Tourism Kamloops visitor centre for Jeep a head scratcher

June 27, 2020 // 2 Comments

TOURISM KAMLOOPS has done a lot of great marketing for this city over the years, but a decision it made this week should raise some serious concerns from the local [Continue]

POLICE – RCMP investigate drive-by shooting on Chestnut Avenue

June 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

Police are investigating a drive-by shooting that occurred late Thursday night (June 25, 2020). At 11:27 p.m. RCMP Kamloops responded to Chestnut Avenue for a complaint of a [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Half of Canadians support shorter standard work week

June 26, 2020 // 2 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE June 26, 2020 – Canadian working lives have been altered in ways unimagined by most at the beginning of 2020. A new study from the Angus Reid [Continue]