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CHARBONNEAU – DRIPA problems kicked down the road as the glow fades

April 23, 2026 // 1 Comment

IT WAS A FEEL-GOOD moment when The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) was passed into BC law in 2019. All parties unanimously agreed to align [Continue]

EDITORIAL – All this talk about solutions to the shelter issue is just pablum

April 23, 2026 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO THE PATHWAYS shelter has been given a 20-month extension to operate at the former Butler Auto site on Tranquille Road. Will it make [Continue]

LETTER – The reality is that all beds are spoken for at Moira House facility

April 21, 2026 // 1 Comment

In response to statements made at tonight’s council meeting regarding shelter capacity at CMHA Kamloops, please attribute the following statement to me: Our shelters are [Continue]

CITY HALL – Hamer-Jackson again refuses to apologize after code report

April 17, 2026 // 2 Comments

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson won’t apologize — again. Hamer-Jackson said today (April 17, 2026) he has no intention of agreeing to letters of apology to three City staff [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Do plants have consciousness?

April 16, 2026 // 0 Comments

SINCE THE SOURCE of consciousness is biological, probably all living things possess it. To suggest that consciousness is the exclusive domain of humans is the height of [Continue]

CITY HALL – Hamer-Jackson hit with new sanctions over latest Code report

April 15, 2026 // 3 Comments

Almost a year after it was filed, a code of conduct complaint has resulted in new sanctions against Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson for allegations of bullying and harassing City [Continue]