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ROTHENBURGER – A nostalgia tour up Goose Lake Road, post-Ajax mine

August 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

TOOK A NOSTALGIA TOUR this week, driving up Goose Lake Road. It’s different now than when KGHM was busy with pre-development on the Ajax project, but there are relics all [Continue]

LETTER – Tired of skewing of votes in First Past the Post system

August 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

Most of our everyday world runs on one person, one vote, which is proportional representation (PR). How so? When union members vote on a new contract, the person with high [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The fruits and veggies theory of transferable vote

August 24, 2018 // 4 Comments

Originally published May 2, 2009 in The Kamloops Daily News. IN 2005, I VOTED against BC-STV because I didn’t understand it. In 2009, I will vote against BC-STV because I [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Advice to TRU: educate, don’t prohibit cannabis

August 24, 2018 // 1 Comment

THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY plans to prohibit the recreational use of cannabis on campus. This, despite the failure of prohibition to deter use for the last 95 years in [Continue]

POLICE – 25-year-old man in custody after incident on Royal Avenue

August 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

Kamloops RCMP are continuing to investigate after arresting a man who barricaded himself inside a residence on Royal Avenue last night (Aug. 22, 2018). On Wednesday, police [Continue]

FEATURED COMMENT – Thrupp site not suitable for multifamily development

August 23, 2018 // 2 Comments

Opinion: The City of Kamloops is right to propose Single Family Lots at the former Thrupp Manor Site. There is no denying that Kamloops has experienced an affordable housing [Continue]