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KNOX – The great pipeline debate: why isn’t more oil refined in B.C.?

May 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

HERE’S WHERE the economic and environmental arguments clash. Those who want to ship Alberta oil from B.C. say being shut out of Asian markets costs Canada billions of [Continue]

FLOOD WATCH – Barnhartvale Road closes as Campbell Creek rises

May 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

The City will close Barnhartvale Road tonight (May 5, 2018) at 8 p.m. as water from Campbell Creek has overtopped the road. The closure is in the 7200 block of Barnhartvale [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Why does government let some bands hide their books?

May 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

Question Period, House of Commons, Friday, May 4, 2018: Cathy McLeod, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC Mr. Speaker, after lengthy court battles, Charmaine Stick [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – City’s newest public art piece should have good wheels

May 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

I CAN HARDLY WAIT for the unveiling of our next major piece of public art, a monument to the volunteers of the 2017 wildfires. Public art in Kamloops is always like opening a [Continue]

MENTAL HEALTH – The ministry of loneliness wants to be your friend

May 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

But it’s far more likely that the institutions at neighbourhood levels are better positioned to address key aspects of loneliness By MILTON FRIESEN Social Cities Program [Continue]

LETTER – Best answer to discarded needles is on-site consumption

May 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

I recently read your post on CFJC about the needle crisis and the importance of not putting the safety of the users above that of the rest of the population. I wholeheartedly [Continue]