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DUDY – All issues in front of council come down to the matter of money

January 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

By DIETER DUDY City Councillor, Kamloops IN EARLY NOVEMBER of 2017 staff put forth a recommendation to council regarding a parking study for the downtown sector. To be fair [Continue]

SUZUKI – On climate, OECD head embraces environmentalism

January 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

ANGEL GURRIAa sounds like the leader of an environmental or social justice group. In a recent University of Toronto lecture, “Climate Action: Time for Implementation”, he [Continue]

CHIDIAC – Tackling conflict in the Middle East cauldron

January 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

AS A THIRD-GENERATION Arab-Canadian, I’ve long been troubled by the conflicts in the Middle East. When I read about riots, fighting, hatred and killing in the land of my [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Are those overseas trips really just paid vacations for politicians?

January 25, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger WHETHER IT’S provincial and federal politicians on trade missions, or City councillors teaching overseas countries [Continue]

KINSELLA – Mob rule: the Internet at its most thoughtless and hurtful

January 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

IN THE SOCIAL media era – in our mad rush to judgment – people get ground up and spat out. Happens all the time. Happens too often. Ask ‎Aziz Ansari, the Muslim [Continue]

TIM HORTONS: The killing of another Canadian icon

January 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS Senior Fellow Atlantic Institute for Market Studies DESTROYING Canadian business icons seems to be a trend. In 2017, it was Sears. While employees were [Continue]