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ROTHENBURGER – Letter signed by five City councillors raises questions

July 14, 2018 // 4 Comments

SEVERAL WORDS COME TO MIND with respect to the open letter signed by five City councillors in support of proportional representation. Courageous. Creative. Strange. Setting [Continue]

PETERS – Organics pickup should be next on the list for City’s recycling

July 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

WHEN YOU PUT YOUR City of Kamloops curbside recycling bins out on the street, how much do you think about what happens next to that material? And how much are you stockpiling [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Firefighters reinforce control lines at East Shuswap Road fire

July 13, 2018 // 1 Comment

Firefighters will begin operations on the East Shuswap Road wildfire to burn any remaining unburned fuel between the control lines and the wildfire as safe conditions allow, [Continue]

POLICE – Stabbing at Pioneer Park believed to be connected to drug trade

July 13, 2018 // 1 Comment

A man who was stabbed numerous times was taken to hospital after a drug-related incident at Pioneer Park. A second man was also injured. The stabbing was reported to Kamloops [Continue]

ELECTORAL CHANGE – B.C. moves to embrace the essence of good govt

July 13, 2018 // 2 Comments

As our country has evolved, dialogue is encouraged in education and the media, but is stymied in our highest law-making institutions “I DISAPPROVE OF of what you say, but I [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Move summary to top and throw away the report

July 13, 2018 // 0 Comments

A column by Kamloops News editor Mel Rothenburger published May 21, 1985. I WAS ACCUSED in a letter to the editor the other day of writing an editorial based on ignorance. A [Continue]