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ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Handling of parkade incompetent or brilliant?

May 4, 2018 // 8 Comments

The following Armchair Mayor column was published Oct. 12, 2011 as the proposal for a parkade in the Heritage House parking lot came to a conclusion: AS THE COUNTING gets [Continue]

FLOOD WATCH – State of local emergency declared in Nicola North

May 3, 2018 // 1 Comment

UPDATE: The TNRD will hold a public meeting for Stump Lake residents at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 4, 2018 at the church at Douglas Lake Road and Highway 5A. TNRD and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What’s the government waiting for on PR referendum?

May 3, 2018 // 8 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE B.C. LEGISLATURE returns to work next week and maybe we’ll finally get some answers about the big referendum on [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Addicts’ safety shouldn’t come ahead of general public’s

May 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN DELEGATES to the annual B.C. Chamber of Commerce convention get together in Kamloops later this month, they’ll have [Continue]

EDITORIAL – If we want to keep blood free, we’ll have to pay for it

May 1, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SHOULD WE be paid for giving our blood? The very thought of it has long been offensive to our Canadian values. Free blood [Continue]

EDITORIAL – This is tax day and here’s what we get for our money

April 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THIS IS TAX DAY, for most of us, the deadline for filing our income-tax returns. If we’re lucky, we’ll get a little [Continue]