POLICE – RCMP blitz to recover stolen shopping carts is on a roll
Stolen shopping carts have proven a challenge for Kamloops RCMP but headway is being made, Cpl. Jodie Shelkie said today. Police have received numerous complaints from [Continue]
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POLITICS – Provincial governments bear the burden of legalized marijuana
By MALCOLM BIRD Expert Adviser EvidenceNetwork.ca THE FEDERAL government is set on legalizing marijuana by summer 2018. While they will enjoy the political payoff of [Continue]
BY-ELECTION – Councillor candidate Kathy Sinclair: ‘We need more jobs’
ArmchairMayor.ca is accepting submissions from by-election candidates. Please keep them to 550 words or less, and include a photo. Dear Kamloops: we need more jobs. That is [Continue]
GINTA – There’s no excuse for feeding our kids junk food in school
A FEW YEARS ago, when my sons were still in public school (now homeschooled), we would get a lunch program to peruse and choose from if we wanted to. We chose nothing, not [Continue]
BEING MAYOR – Chapter 7, Part 2 – Anatomy of a winning campaign
This is Part 2 of Chapter 7 in my series of articles on my experiences as mayor of Kamloops 1999-2005. By MEL ROTHENBURGER What makes for a winning election campaign? So many [Continue]
FLOOD WATCH – More watershed planning needed to avoid disasters
By Prof. PHIL ELDER University of Calgary IT WOULD be callous to respond unsympathetically to the Houston and area hurricane and flood, and the consequences: death, general [Continue]
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