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TNRD – Recycling changes will mean more sorting, but more products

May 18, 2018 // 3 Comments

We’ll be able to recycle more products and save money, but we’ll have to do more sorting when the Thompson-Nicola Regional District joins Recycle B.C. this fall. At its [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Will government give British Columbians break at the pump?

May 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

Debate during Question Period in the Legislature on Thursday, May 17, 2018 between North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Jane Thornthwaite of the Liberals, and Premier John Horgan. J. [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Happy Birthday, Karl Marx from ‘Comrade Rothenburger’

May 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

This month marks the 200thanniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. The following column was published in The Kamloops News on March 30, 1977, very likely the last time I [Continue]

POLICE – Two rescued from river after personal-watercraft collision

May 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

Two personal watercraft operators were plucked from the South Thompson River today (May 17, 2018) after a collision near the 770 block of Shuswap Road. RCMP were called to [Continue]

POLICE – 93-year-old woman robbed on street in necklace switcheroo

May 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

A 93-year-old had her expensive necklace stolen while she was waiting at a bus stop near Columbia Street and 10th Avenue, police reported today (May 17, 2018). The woman [Continue]

POLICE – Motorcyclist killed in collision with car on Highway 5A

May 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

A 63-year-old motorcyclist was killed in last night’s (May 16, 2018) accident on Highway 5A about 2 km. south of Campbell Creek Road. Witnesses say the northbound [Continue]