Editorials

Free transit ‘pie in the sky’ or are benefits worth the increase in taxes?

December 17, 2014 // 9 Comments

EDITORIAL — On the face of it, free public transit seems like such a good idea. Increase the number of bus riders, thereby cutting greenhouse gases, making the city [Continue]

Editorial — A better reason for putting off the parking-rate increase

December 5, 2014 // 5 Comments

EDITORIAL — Kamloops City council’s decision this week to put off an increase in downtown parking fees is a bit of a puzzler. Granted, nobody’s going to [Continue]

Editorial — Nothing is ever routine about policing

December 3, 2014 // 3 Comments

EDITORIAL — Wednesday’s shooting of Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jean Rene Michaud during a traffic stop is a reminder of how dangerous a job policing our community can be. The [Continue]

Editorial — Don’t be too quick to cut back on City budget sessions

November 26, 2014 // 2 Comments

EDITORIAL — The incoming Kamloops City council shouldn’t get all knee-jerky about the cost of public-consultation meetings on the budget and jump onto a cutback [Continue]

No, Kamloops Vote 50 was not a failure

November 17, 2014 // 2 Comments

EDITORIAL — Nobody seriously expected the voter turnout in Kamloops to reach the 50-per-cent target set by a non-partisan grassroots group of citizens who put heart and [Continue]

Business as usual for four more years

November 16, 2014 // 7 Comments

EDITORIAL — The next four years will be interesting ones indeed around the Kamloops City council table. But how different will they be from what we’ve had? One of the [Continue]