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ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Who’s the champ of word mangling at City Hall?

April 11, 2025 // 3 Comments

If you sometimes shake your head at the state of the English language, rest assured mangling our native tongue isn’t restricted to any particular segment of society, nor [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Messed up riding boundaries guarantee confusion

April 9, 2025 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE NOMINATION DEADLINE has passed and the slates are set for the April 28 federal election. In Kamloops, the choices are scant. In the new [Continue]

COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR – ‘Keep budget increase to 2%, and cut councillors’ and managers’ pay’

April 7, 2025 // 4 Comments

A conversation with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson as Kamloops City council ponders the annual budget and tax rate increase for residents, which is now expected to be just over [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – How TNRD directors set up their pay raise to avoid a ‘cheese grater’

April 5, 2025 // 2 Comments

WHEN REGIONAL DIRECTORS gave themselves a small raise for the coming year, it was done through a motion that received no debate and a quick vote. That was in February. When [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Remembering the beetle that tried to eat Kamloops

April 4, 2025 // 2 Comments

In this same month, in the year 2007, Kamloops and other B.C. communities were contending with the ravages of a hungry little beetle — the mountain pine beetle to be exact [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Think we’re in the clear with Trump’s tariffs? Think again

April 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. JUST IN CASE you were thinking we’re in the clear, think again. Donald Trump is not our friend. Sure, he’s talking more respectfully of [Continue]