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COLLINS – Homelessness promotion more than a photo op for councillors

December 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

I KNOW there will be some who, in their ignorance, will suggest that last Friday’s efforts to raise awareness for youth homelessness was nothing more than a photo op for [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – A multi-tent government might have stopped Site C

December 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

BIG-TENT parties are standard in politics but in government, they rule from a small room. Getting as many voters into your tent ensures a win in the first-past-the-post [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We’re killing ourselves with Christmas, and media are to blame

December 21, 2017 // 6 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF I HAVE to listen to one more Christmas song, or watch one more made-for-TV Christmas movie, it’ll be one too many. I [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The grizzly bear hunt was wrong, the ban is right

December 20, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WELL, THERE’S been quite the uproar from a vocal minority over the B.C. government’s decision to ban the hunting of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Live, in-the-flesh politicians still beat modern technology

December 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

An AmrchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MODERN TECHNOLOGY is a wonderful thing but I think sometimes we’re anxious to use it just because it’s there. Coun. [Continue]

McQUARRIE – T’was the night before Christmas and all through City Hall

December 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

WITH MY APOLOGIES to Clement Clarke Moore, I give you my Kamloops version of his poem, The Night Before Christmas. And what better way to take you to Christmas Eve in [Continue]