Politics

McQUARRIE – T’was the night before Christmas and all through City Hall

December 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

WITH MY APOLOGIES to Clement Clarke Moore, I give you my Kamloops version of his poem, The Night Before Christmas. And what better way to take you to Christmas Eve in [Continue]

PROVINCIAL PULSE – Horgan and Wall get top approval ratings for premiers

December 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE December 19, 2017 – Is it candy or coal in the stockings of Canada’s premiers this December? The latest quarterly analysis of polling data from [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Marg Spina: always ready with a smile, always ready to help

December 18, 2017 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE WEEK short of a year ago, on Christmas eve, Kamloops City councilor Marg Spina broke the news on her Facebook page that [Continue]

PASSING – City lowers flags to half-staff in honour of late councillor Marg Spina

December 15, 2017 // 1 Comment

Flags at City Hall were lowered to half-staff today for former Kamloops city councilor Marg Spina, who died this morning (Dec. 15, 2017) with her family at her side. She was [Continue]

LETTER – A rock and a hard place: Site C

December 15, 2017 // 3 Comments

B.C. Premier John Horgan described the government’s decision on Monday to greenlight the Site C dam project as one of those ‘rock and hard place’ choices. He stated [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Trudeau approval drops below 50% but he’s still on top

December 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Prime Minister remains more popular than Scheer and Singh By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE December 15, 2017 – As Canadians bask in the warmth of goodwill and cheer over the [Continue]