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LETTER – ‘No panhandling’ signs needed on Summit and Columbia median

September 7, 2017 // 7 Comments

I recently posted a letter to our current mayor around the city of Kamloops panhandling issue. We currently have a problem at Summit and Columbia. We have people that will be [Continue]

TRAVIS – Sifting through the former government’s credit card charges

September 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

THERE’S NOTHING quite like poring through 87,527 credit card charges to the B.C. government’s plastic in 2016/17. Charges that can often be on top of a [Continue]

COLLINS – What were they thinking with some of those intersections?

September 6, 2017 // 1 Comment

I OFTEN QUESTION how decisions are made regarding the design of intersections in the city. Especially where they involve properties that are in a difficult spot. It is not [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Photo radar and other questions about auto insurance rates

September 6, 2017 // 9 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AUTO INSURANCE is going up yet again — about $130 a year including both basic and optional insurance, according to [Continue]

AJAX – Development company wants compensation if mine goes ahead

September 5, 2017 // 5 Comments

A letter filed by Aberdeen Highlands Development Corp. with the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office as part of the final public-comment period on the Ajax mine proposal: [Continue]

McGARVEY – Tax reforms may be a turning point in Liberal fortunes

September 5, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT ALL SEEMED perfectly reasonable: tax the low hanging fruit of “fat cat” professional corporations to fund programs for the poor. Who could object to that? Turns out [Continue]