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MEDIA – Finding salvation in the ashes of the daily newspaper business

August 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

By PETER MENZIES SOMETIME in the not-too-distant future, the nation’s largest media chain is expected to fail, taking many of the nation’s once proud but now emaciated [Continue]

COLLINS – Is removing bridge tolls the best way to go?

August 28, 2017 // 2 Comments

THE NDP GOVERNMENT this week announced it was going to eliminate tolls on the Port Mann and the Golden Ears bridges. It’s probably the first of many decisions the NDP [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Dave Gracey was a man who made a big difference

August 28, 2017 // 7 Comments

A LOT OF Dave Gracey’s friends are hoping he’ll put up a post on his Facebook page that news of his death is greatly exaggerated, apologizing for the joke, or saying he [Continue]

BEING MAYOR – Life at City Hall, Chapter 6

August 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER This is the sixth in a series on my experiences as the mayor of Kamloops from 1999 to 2005. Chapter 6 — ‘A Dog’s Bite is Much Worse Than Its [Continue]

NEWSTROM – Pot smokers, don’t confuse reality with fantasy

August 27, 2017 // 1 Comment

“LORD…(pause)…whistlin’…(pause)…JEZUS!” One of the dirty ol’ loggers I worked with in my first job out of high school repeatedly used that cuss word [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Has everyone caught a case of by-election fever?

August 26, 2017 // 2 Comments

HAS KAMLOOPS gone mad with civic fervor, or fever, as the case may be? The City puts out a call for applications for a few temporary jobs and gets swamped with people [Continue]