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POLICE ROUNDUP – Man in custody after fight in Tranquille Road bar

May 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

A 24-year-old Kamloops man is in custody after assaulting another man in a bar. On Wednesday (May 24, 2017) night, Kamloops RCMP received a report of a fight between two [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians want federal government to deliver on protecting door-to-door mail service

May 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

Most Canadians like the idea of changing mail delivery from 5 to 3 days a week The latest from the Angus Reid Institute, released today, May 25, 2017: With a decision on the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Cheery outlook for minority government will soon fade

May 25, 2017 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE OFFICIALLY have a minority government in British Columbia for the first time since Social Credit came to power in 1952. [Continue]

POLITICS – Saving the euro: Why Germany must bring back the mark

May 25, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT’S TIME for Germany to abandon the euro – to save the European Union. The Euro is the official currency of the eurozone. It’s used by the institutions of the [Continue]

ELECTION – Final count confirms BC Liberal minority government

May 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

The final count is in and B.C. has a minority government for the first time since 1952. Elections B.C. announced today (May 24, 2017) that the standings are the same now as [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Should civic politicians get a third of their pay tax free?

May 24, 2017 // 2 Comments

MUNICIPAL politicians receive a benefit a lot of people might not know about — a third of their stipend is tax free. It’s been that way since I remember, and it’s there [Continue]