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McQUARRIE – Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the weaponization of politics

July 31, 2018 // 1 Comment

“REVENGE IS A DISH best served cold.” No one is certain who first said these words but in the case of Premier Doug Ford of Ontario, it could be rewritten to say something [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Mandatory seatbelts for all buses are long overdue

July 31, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ALL NEWLY BUILT highway buses will be required to have seatbelts starting in September of 2020. When a school bus carrying the Humboldt [Continue]

POLICE – River re-opened after dive team finishes search for the day

July 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

The South Thompson River is open to boaters again as the RCMP dive team completed an unsuccessful search for a missing operator of a personal watercraft. The river had been [Continue]

GINTA – Can we get used to using less water, less plastic and less food?

July 30, 2018 // 2 Comments

I SAW THE DRY yellow pastures and lawns as soon as we got close to the ferry terminal. As if nothing but rain was to bring any water to the parched land. This was Salt Spring [Continue]

FORSETH – B.C. needs a Social Responsibility Fund for marijuana

July 30, 2018 // 1 Comment

Revenues will need to be directed towards programs that are able to mitigate the issues, and human carnage, that arises from the sale of drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, and even [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Will party politics make a return to Kamloops City Hall?

July 30, 2018 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IS IT TIME to party — so to speak — in Kamloops City Hall? What brings the question to mind in a round-about way is Ontario Premier Doug [Continue]