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EDITORIAL – Time to stop shifting city taxes onto shoulders of homeowners

December 4, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOBODY WOULD DENY the importance of heavy industry to the economy of Kamloops but when it comes to taxes, who comes first — homeowners or [Continue]

BEPPLE – Memo to WHL: time to get rid of insulting First Nations mascots

December 4, 2019 // 4 Comments

I SHUDDER EVERY TIME the Portland Winterhawk’s bus rolls into Kamloops to play the Kamloops Blazers. On the side of the WHL hockey team’s bus is a large caricature of a [Continue]

ENVIRONMENT – Love it or hate it, Tesla’s Cybertruck is revolutionary

December 4, 2019 // 2 Comments

By MICHAEL D. MEHTA Thompson Rivers University With a collective gasp and puzzled looks, the world was recently introduced to Tesla’s newest vehicle. The so-called [Continue]

POLICE – Surrey council’s refusal to boost RCMP numbers will force review

December 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

With suggestions that Kamloops should consider its own municipal police force, the following statement from RCMP Assistant Commissioner Dwayne McDonald on Tuesday (Dec. 3, [Continue]

KNOX – Risking life and limb putting up lights for the holidays

December 3, 2019 // 1 Comment

GIVEN THE WEATHER forecast and time of year, chances are this is the weekend you put up your Christmas lights. I’ll call 911. Really, I know successful orthopedic surgeons [Continue]

LETTER – Homeowners continue to bear the brunt of property tax increases

December 3, 2019 // 1 Comment

December 2, 2019 Kamloops Voters Society RE: Increases in City of Kamloops Residential Property Taxes As the City moves forward with its annual budgeting process, Kamloops [Continue]