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TNRD – ‘We have to do better. We will do better,” says board chair Gillis

March 1, 2021 // 4 Comments

Thompson-Nicola Regional District board Chair Ken Gillis released the following statement today (March 1, 2021) during a media conference on TNRD expenses. Good morning and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Answer to Peterson Creek Park safety is common sense, not money

March 1, 2021 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TWO THINGS STAND OUT about the rescue of a hiker in Peterson Creek Park yesterday. One is that we don’t know whether said rescuee was male [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – School dress codes are needed but they’re hard to get right

February 27, 2021 // 4 Comments

NOTHING LIKE A DRESS CODE to make for a good controversy, especially if it’s got to do with schools. As the Kamloops-Thompson School District mulls over changes to its [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The ‘self-care Bingo card’ isn’t worth getting angry about

February 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS to get frustrated over when it comes to how our governments have been communicating on the COVID-19 pandemic, but [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Action, not just words, needed on social housing and crime

February 24, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KUDOS TO SEVERAL CITY COUNCILLORS who are determined to wrestle the issue of social housing and associated street crime to the ground. Coun. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Wells Gray killer David Ennis must never be set free

February 23, 2021 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MASS MURDERER DAVID ENNIS, formerly David William Shearing, is up for parole in July, and thousands of people are fighting to make sure he [Continue]