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WILDFIRES – Offers of assistance, volunteers pour in for evacuees

July 8, 2017 // 3 Comments

Offers of assistance to evacuees are pouring in as wildfires rage throughout the region. Emergency Operations Centre information officer Debbie Sell said today (July 8, 2017) [Continue]

PETERS – Why do smokers get to litter?

July 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

THERE ARE MANY, many things in the world to make a reasonable person angry these days. The list seems to be getting longer every week, with white supremacists taking top spot [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Proof of God’s existence is on the streets of Kamloops

July 8, 2017 // 5 Comments

ALL MY LIFE, I’ve been skeptical about the existence of a supreme being. I was raised an atheist, but drifted toward agnosticism quite some time ago. I dabbled in studying [Continue]

WILDFIRES – Provincial state of emergency declared; 56 new fires

July 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Comet Kohoutek, photographed was 1975 approached. (Image: NASA)

UPDATE: The TNRD has issued an evacuation order for a number of properties in Little Fort as of 10:30 p.m. today, July 7. The order states that “because of the [Continue]

WILDFIRE – Evacuation order issued for village of Cache Creek as fire advances

July 7, 2017 // 2 Comments

CACHE CREEK – The entire village of Cache Creek is being evacuated in the face of a rapidly moving wildfire. Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta signed the evacuation order [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Omar Khadr’s settlement a case of defending human rights

July 7, 2017 // 7 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THOSE EXPRESSING outrage at the $10.5-million settlement between the federal government and Omar Khadr should look more [Continue]