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ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – It was a dark and stormy night at the video mart

February 28, 2025 // 2 Comments

In the days before live-streaming TV, people fought over the best movies at the video rental store, or subscribed to “cable,” or bought huge satellite TV dishes that [Continue]

EDITORIAL – AAP was legal but that doesn’t mean it was best

February 25, 2025 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL process that was used to get approval for $275 million worth of civic projects, including a new performing arts [Continue]

EDITORIAL – TNRD board demonstrates restraint with its annual pay increase

February 24, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FOLKS WHO SIT AROUND the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board table have done an unusual thing. They voted to give themselves only a [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Somewhere, there must be some good news today

February 22, 2025 // 2 Comments

Every once in a while, somebody comes up with the idea that the media should stop reporting on so much bad news and focus more on the good stuff. This column from the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Hockey is Canada’s national sport; sorry, lacrosse isn’t

February 21, 2025 // 1 Comment

HOCKEY IS OURS. Our game. It, not lacrosse, is our true national sport. For generations, lacrosse fans have insisted that history entitles their favorite game to the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – B.C. Throne Speech was a declaration of independence from U.S.

February 18, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF ANY DOUBT was left that our lives in the foreseeable future will be heavily influenced by the man in orange, it was removed in [Continue]