LILLIAN SZPAK HAS ANNOUNCED she is pulling the plug, won’t run for re-election to Langford council in October. Actually, the decision merely confirms one she made on [Continue]
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 17, 2022 – New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds Ontario Premier Doug Ford down six more points in approval amid [Continue]
WHEN TERRY LAKE was elected as mayor in Kamloops in 2005, I don’t recall the lead in the news stories calling him British. This despite the fact that he was born in [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BAD NEWS ON THE Bernie Sanders apparel front. The mittens are sold out and so are his ‘Bernie’ sweatshirts. Who’d have thought a photo [Continue]
PORTRAYED AS A SECRETIVE and malevolent organization, the so-called Deep State is, in truth, nothing more than a drama queen’s heaven; a digital nirvana where the art of [Continue]
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE May 28, 2020 – Provincial leaders across the country have had one priority over the past three months: dealing with the spread of the COVID-19 [Continue]
IMAGINE, IF JUST FOR A MOMENT, if just for a moment, an op/ed writer beginning a column with a headline that states, Local Politicians Get It Right. Impossible you would [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP just might become the hot button issue of the next federal election. It has all the necessary ingredients. A divide [Continue]
ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — When I saw the video of Deputy Mayor Nelly Dever and councillors Tina Lange, Arjun Singh, and Ken Christian at the citizens protest march over the [Continue]
ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — There’s a little known and rarely used law in B.C. that gives mayors the power of forcing sober second thought on issues they deem important. Mayor [Continue]
ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — Below is the Armchair Mayor column published in The Kamloops Daily News on Oct. 10. At that writing, I hadn’t been able to reach Dave Duckworth [Continue]
The Kamloops connection to the controversy surrounding Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has a sense of humour, a distinguished background in the Canadian Armed Forces and a long career [Continue]