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BEPPLE – Some suggestions for mayor’s task force on economic recovery

April 29, 2020 // 2 Comments

THE ANNOUNCEMENT this week (Tuesday, March 28), that mayor of Kamloops Ken Christian has formed an economic recovery task force of 15 business leaders, businesses, and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Heckle-free virtual session of House disconcerting but welcome

April 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TUESDAY’S VIRTUAL SESSION of Parliament was a fascinating exercise. Technically, it was a meeting of the “Special Committee on the [Continue]

GINTA – Wildlife shouldn’t pay the ultimate price during the pandemic

April 28, 2020 // 3 Comments

DO YOU REMEMBER the first couple of weeks of Covid-19 and the toilet paper shortage? Then came the flour and other dry supplies, followed by yeast. Next came the seed [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Were Portapique murders an act of ‘white male terrorism’?

April 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHENEVER A BAD THING seems “senseless,” we want to make sense of it. So, we’re all still trying to fathom why a man would dress up as [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Time to end closures and let us have a walk in the park again

April 27, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE TIME HAS COME to reopen B.C.’s provincial parks. Not because we should be jumping the gun on ending the anti-pandemic battle but [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Half of us say mental health worse under pandemic

April 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE April 27, 2020 – Mental health has been one of the most consistent undercurrents of discussion around the impacts of this country’s COVID-19 [Continue]