KNOX – Taking a raincheck on the new normal – long, hot summers
“I’LL TAKE A RAINCHECK,” I told the kid at the cash register.That drew a blank stare. “A what?” Ah, I thought, her generation doesn’t write cheques. She [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – Can chamber stay out of the politics of oil vs. the environment?
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FOR AN ORGANIZATION that wants politics kept out of the environmental review process for pipelines and other major projects, the Kamloops [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Closure of the Vavenby mill was so predictable
WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED the collapse of the B.C. forestry industry 15 years ago? Bob Simpson, that’s who. Back then the NDP MLA for Cariboo North was derided by the BC [Continue]
McQUARRIE – Being ‘busy’ is not a badge of honour or proof of importance
HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU HEARD or maybe even used the excuse that begins with, “Sorry I’m late but I’ve just been so busy”? It is today’s most overused excuse [Continue]
JOHNSON – Railcars are rolling, the pipeline build has already begun
By DAVID JOHNSON TODAY I WATCHED as trucks stacked with the actual pipe, leave the storage yard on Mission Flats road in Kamloops, and head out towards the next construction [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – We’re making things too easy on our kids, and it’s not fair
WE’RE RUINING OUR KIDS, turning them into a bunch of confused, pampered wimps. We fight their fights in sports, in their education, in every aspect of their social [Continue]
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