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EDITORIAL – Keeping marijuana consumption off the streets a good idea

April 4, 2018 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I LIKE Calgary’s approach to the consumption of marijuana in public. Our Alberta neighbor is looking at restricting [Continue]

SUZUKI – Audit exposes Canadian climate failures

April 4, 2018 // 1 Comment

SCIENTISTS, ACADEMICS, environmentalists and communicators have urged governments to take the climate crisis seriously for decades. We’ve outlined the overwhelming [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kamloops spends too much energy fighting with itself

April 4, 2018 // 8 Comments

ArmchairMayor.ca is pleased to welcome former Kamloops City councillor Nancy Bepple as a regular columnist. She will offer her opinions on Wednesdays each week. I ONCE SPENT [Continue]

McQUARRIE – New president has a Knaak for moving chamber forward

April 3, 2018 // 3 Comments

I RECENTLY MET up with Joshua Knaak, the new president of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce and for those who follow this column on a regular basis, you know that Mr. Knaak [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Remembering Rob Ford – the good and the not-so-much

April 3, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE it’s been two years since the death of Rob Ford. Though he was the mayor of far-away Toronto, [Continue]

FIRE – Three volunteer brigades team up to fight house fire at East Paul Lake

April 2, 2018 // 1 Comment

Volunteers from three rural fire brigades teamed up today (Monday, April 2, 2018) to control a house fire at East Paul Lake that could have gotten away and spread into the [Continue]