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EDITORIAL – Shed no tears for Buffy Sainte-Marie over her fall from grace

February 10, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BEVERLY JEAN SANTAMARIA is no longer a member of the Order of Canada. Better known as Buffy Sainte-Marie, she has been stripped of [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Fretting over stray ‘secret’ report doesn’t address real issue

February 9, 2025 // 8 Comments

THERE’S SOMETHING about the mayor’s current legal issue with the Ministry of the Attorney-General that doesn’t sit right. Let’s do a quick review. After months of [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Kamloops should be proud of being a cow town

February 7, 2025 // 1 Comment

NOTE: The column that follows was first published Feb. 17, 1988 in the Kamloops Daily News. Although Skalbania’s idea of running bulls down Victoria Street never came to [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Speculation Tax Declaration defies the presumption of innocence

February 6, 2025 // 1 Comment

KAMLOOPSIANS ARE RECEIVING the Speculation Tax Declaration form in the mail for the first time. I thought it must be some kind of scam but B.C.’s Finance Minister Brenda [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Pride in Canada rebounds in face of Trump’s threats

February 5, 2025 // 0 Comments

Percentage saying they are ‘very proud’ to be Canadian jumps 10 points from what it was in December By ANGUS REID INSTITUE February 5, 2025 – It has been a whirlwind [Continue]

LETTER – Setting the record straight on transparency and accountability

February 5, 2025 // 7 Comments

Recent CFJC editorials by James Peters and Joey Jack have suggested that Kamloops Citizens United (KCU) should be more transparent about our fundraising: who our donors are [Continue]