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WILDFIRES – Williams Lake residents cautiously begin returning home

July 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

The City of Williams Lake, Williams Lake Indian Band and Cariboo Regional District announced today that residents are now allowed to return to the City of Williams Lake, [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Populism has lost its meaning

July 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

USE OF THE WORD populism has become more popular says Sylvia Stead, public editor of the Globe and Mail: “There has certainly been a surge in references to ‘populist’ [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Nine billion reasons we should use cloth shopping bags

July 27, 2017 // 9 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHILE I WAS contemplating Wednesday’s editorial on plastic bags, I happened to pick up a copy of the National Post and [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Videos show details of destruction at Loon Lake

July 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

A pair of videos released by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Wednesday (July 26, 2017) show details of the destruction at Loon Lake from the Elephant Hill wildfire. One [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Evacuation order, alert expanded for Monte Lake

July 26, 2017 // 1 Comment

A wildfire evacuation order and an evacuation alert declared Wednesday evening (July 26, 2017) in the Monte Lake area were both expanded at about 9 p.m. The fire — known as [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The horror of separating plastic bags from our recycling

July 26, 2017 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IMAGINE, if you will, a household recycling bin. We all have them, right? We take a pop can and toss it into the bin, because [Continue]