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BEPPLE – Kamloops zoning bylaws encourage waste of housing space

July 24, 2019 // 4 Comments

EVERY DAY, there’s another story on affordable housing. There was the report this week that a worker in Vancouver needs to earn $35/hour to afford the rent of an average [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: RCMP tread fine line on sharing information about murders

July 24, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE RCMP CAN NEVER get enough information to the public fast enough when there’s a dramatic police event. The double murder in northern [Continue]

POLICE – ‘Missing’ teens are now suspects in shooting deaths of couple

July 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

Full text of today’s (July 23, 2019) statement by RCMP on the investigation into the murders of two people along the Alaska Highway: As a result of our request to [Continue]

GINTA – Kamloops must do better at accessibility for visually impaired

July 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU WERE DOING on the morning of May 16 at 7:45 or so? Todd Harding does. He was walking downtown to his work with his guide dog, Luke. The pair stopped [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Quiet time at the super market just what the doctor ordered

July 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVER THINK SHOPPING is just too noisy? Are you getting tired of hearing those hits of the ‘60s over the loud speakers at your super [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Salmon airlift a justified response to Mother Nature

July 22, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I HAD A RIDE in a helicopter once, or maybe twice. A few thousand or million salmon will get the same opportunity now that officials have [Continue]