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GINTA – We need driving laws that protect pedestrians first

February 20, 2020 // 5 Comments

A WHILE BACK I read a book that was as poignant as it was scary. It is called A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention, by Matt Richtel. I [Continue]

EDITORIAL – As the winter muck recedes, rainbow crosswalk emerges

February 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AN INTERESTING SIGHT is emerging from the winter snow between the Kamloops Museum and St. Andrew’s on the Square. It still has a coat of [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Liberals to blame for letting Coastal GasLink issue fester

February 19, 2020 // 2 Comments

Remarks by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod during emergency debate on nation-wide protests against Coastal GasLinke pipeline, Feb. 18, 2020. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Support for Trans Mountain expansion drops as costs rise

February 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE February 19, 2020 – On Feb. 7 Trans Mountain president and CEO Ian Anderson announced that the company’s beleaguered pipeline expansion project [Continue]

BEPPLE – Rejecting subdivisions means higher lot prices, more urban sprawl

February 19, 2020 // 9 Comments

LAST WEEK, Kamloops City council came out on the side of a neighbourhood. There was a public hearing on a rezoning request to subdivide a lot in Dallas to allow three houses [Continue]

POLICE – Two injured when their vehicle collides with truck trailer

February 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

Two people were taken to hospital today (Feb. 19, 2020) after a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 1 near the Copperhead Road exit. The accident happened about 2 a.m. [Continue]