BEING MAYOR – Life at City Hall, Chapter 3
This is the third in a series on my experiences as the mayor of Kamloops from 1999 to 2005. I offer it for the interest of anyone who cares about civic politics and our [Continue]
Politics
BY-ELECTION – Mayoral candidate Cindy Ross Friedman withdraws from race
Ken Christian appears to have a clear path to the mayor’s chair after Dr. Cindy Ross Friedman withdrew from the Sept. 30 by-election today (Aug. 5, 2017). Ross Friedman [Continue]
COLLINS – Is this Todd’s time?
HE WAS PROBABLY hoping he didn’t have to make the decision quite this early. Todd Stone will decide soon whether or not he will seek the leadership of the B.C. Liberal [Continue]
BEING MAYOR – Life at City Hall, Chapter 2
This is the second in a series on my experiences as the mayor of Kamloops from 1999 to 2005, first published in 2008. With a by-election for mayor and two council seats [Continue]
FORSETH – Good-bye, Christy, let the next chapter in B.C. politics begin
EARLY IN THE MORNING Friday, I go outside to work in the yard and the next thing I know Christy Clark had resigned. Let me tell you, if I’d known sooner, that was all [Continue]
CLARK – ‘This morning I decided to resign as leader of the BC Liberal Party’
This morning I decided to resign as leader of the BC Liberal Party. I love our party and our province with all my heart – and it’s been the honour of a lifetime to [Continue]
FORSETH – Conservative merger: focus on the 95 per cent, not the other five
NEXT DOOR in Alberta over the weekend, members of the Progressive Conservative Party — and the Wildrose Party — both agreed to a merger. And how was that hailed by the [Continue]
BEING MAYOR – Life at City Hall, Chapter 1
In 2008, I began writing a series of articles on my experiences as the Mayor of Kamloops from 1999 to 2005. With a by-election for mayor and two council seats coming up Sept. [Continue]
TRUMP TWEETS OF THE WEEK – ‘The phony Russian Witch Hunt continues’
While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us.FAKE NEWS — Donald J. Trump [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Is Horgan the cure for what’s ailing British Columbia?
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A NEW MALADY has swept through British Columbia — it’s called Post-Election Stress Disorder. Those afflicted with it, [Continue]
IN THE LEDGE – ‘…Government does not have the confidence of this House’
Excerpt from a speech by NDP leader John Horgan during Debate on the Throne Speech, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Horgan: … We’ve heard over the past number of days — [Continue]
B.C. POLITICS – Horgan and NDP fighting to strip workers of secret ballot
By CHRIS GARDNER President, Independent Contractors and Businesses Association ANDREW WEAVER’S story is similar to a lot of workers in B.C. “I know from first-hand [Continue]
POLITICS – What the leaders say about NDP-Green agreement on government
Statements from the leaders on today’s (May 29, 2017) announcement that the NDP and Greens have reached a four-year Confidence and Supply Agreement that will allow the [Continue]
TRUMP TWEETS OF THE WEEK – ‘The greatest witch hunt in U.S. history!’
As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining…. — Donald J. Trump [Continue]
