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EDITORIAL – Flag debate – making the world a more complicated place

June 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S TRUE THE WORLD is more complicated than it used to be but that’s because we make it that way. In the old days, a community group [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Bemused and befuddled in the Twilight Zone of local politics

February 13, 2018 // 1 Comment

POLITICIANS! There are weeks when the only thing you can do is give your head a shake and wonder in bemused befuddlement, if we have indeed entered the Twilight Zone of [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Creative thinking a good way to get shut down by City council

January 30, 2018 // 3 Comments

THINGS GOT a bit testy at City Hall last Tuesday when Councillor Cavers introduced his motion asking staff to review and have a look at best practices when it came to snow [Continue]

November’s civic elections will be for four-year terms

February 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Civic politicians will now have to go to the polls only once every four years between elections. Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Coralee Oakes [Continue]

City looks at bicycle-friendly roundabout on Nicola

January 21, 2014 // 7 Comments

NEWS — Roundabouts aren’t everybody’s cup of tea, but they’re coming into increasing vogue as City traffic planners look for ways to increase safety. Soon, cyclists [Continue]

Council reluctant to crack down on outdoor smoking

January 21, 2014 // 1 Comment

NEWS — City council was urged today to ramp up the fight against second-hand smoke but it made no promises. Jeff Connors of the Interior Smoke Free Coalition pointed out [Continue]