Elections forums good way to judge candidates
Election forums are as much about forming gut feelings about candidates as they are for getting information on how they stand on specific policy matters. Last night’s [Continue]
Politics
Two very different campaign events
If today’s NDP and Liberal campaign events — held only a few blocks away from each other on the North Shore — are an indication, Terry Lake will walk away with the [Continue]
Council’s open strategy talk most informative
Coun. Pat Wallace may have put it best during today’s City council discussion on its strategic plan (yes, the one council labored over in secret one recent weekend). [Continue]
B.C. throne speech all about doom and gloom
I don’t think I’ve ever read a Throne Speech so packed with such dramatic prose, so many cliches as the one delivered today in Victoria. To read this document, you would [Continue]
Kamloops would get five MLAs under STV
I had coffee earlier this week with Arjun Singh, Ray Jones and Less Goddard of Fair Voting B.C. I’d asked for the meeting in order to clarify a few things about the [Continue]
Federal budget like a shiny new car for Kamloops
Whenever a new provincial or federal budget is announced, I tend to look for things that will directly affect our community. Sure, things like personal tax cuts, renovation [Continue]
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