BEPPLE – Time for some fresh faces on our currency; who should it be?
THIS WEEK’S ANNOUNCEMENT by Britain that their £50 note would bear the likeness of Alan Turing was heartening for so many reasons. Turing was an extraordinary [Continue]
Page One
EDITORIAL – Don’t expect too much from the gas-price inquiry
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M NOT GETTING MY HOPES UP for the hearings that get underway today on gasoline prices in B.C. I’ll be surprised if the inquiry [Continue]
POLICE – Woman dies from her injuries after Westsyde mobile home fire
UPDATE, July 17, 2019 — On July 16, 2019 an examination of the residential fire scene on Grant Road, in which a female lost her life, was completed by the RCMP and Kamloops [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Conservatives still ahead by Liberals are climbing
Four-in-ten Canadians, and six-in-ten CPC supporters, are absolutely certain of their vote in October July 16, 2019 – While the Conservative Party of Canada maintains a [Continue]
GINTA – Common sense can make our roads safer, but that’s not enough
THERE IS HARDLY a week or weekend that goes by without news of car crashes on our highways or within city limits. One too many of them are fatal. Whether you are a driver, [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER: Maybe fines for panhandling actually work
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LATEST ATTEMPT to do something about panhandling comes in Salmon Arm, where the City council has approved a $50 fine. [Continue]
