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LETTER – ‘Team’ of eight will be remembered in indelible ink
10+ hour, 19+ min ago (157+ words) The ‘Team of Eight.’ You likely remember the days of “cartridge pens”. I remember learning cursive writing in elementary school. Our essays were written using cartridge pens. Mistakes were difficult to correct because indelible ink was used. (If memory serves…...
CHARBONNEAU – Fears of a grey tsunami are greatly exaggerated
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (435+ words) CANADA’S AGING POPULATION has become a lightning rod for generational angst. Younger generations worry that baby boomers are hoarding wealth, draining pensions, and straining our health care system. Prognosticators have been forecasting a gloomy future for decades: One in which…...
SINGH – When elected officials wake up and candidates stand up
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (496+ words) Just given the law of probabilities, I assume elected officials who do ask themselves this dark question must exist somewhere. But they also must be extremely few and far between. I’ve met hundreds of local elected officials across the country,…...
ROTHENBURGER – Why there will be a big turnout in this civic election
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (549+ words) ‘WAIT, WHAT? Have you finally lost it, Mel? A big turnout?’ Well, no, I haven’t. There’s always much fretting about low turnouts in our civic elections and, given past results, it’s not unfounded, but current conditions suggest 2026 will be different....
EDITORIAL – Today, say thanks to yourself for the work you do
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (292+ words) An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S LABOUR DAY, a time to consider the contributions of those who build our country day by day. Nine-to-fivers, professionals, labourers, artisans, office workers — they all do their part, in their own way. Some jobs…...
PAC – Construction going well, costs are in good shape, City council told
1+ week, 4+ day ago (203+ words) Updated drawing of performing arts theatre. (Image: City) Work on the new Kamloops performing arts centre is coming along just fine, and costs are in good shape, City council was told today (Sept. 1. 2026). “The project’s risk register is currently forecasted…...
ROTHENBURGER – The man who wanted to be leader of the province
1+ week, 6+ day ago (403+ words) ONCE UPON A TIME, there was a man who wanted to be our leader. When his party turned him down, he quit, announced he’d sit as an independent, then picked a different party. No, I’m not talking about Peter Milobar,…...
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – For our economic security, we’ve got to stop subsidizing Alaska
2+ week, 1+ day ago (215+ words) The following editorial was first published on Jan. 8, 2025 as Donald Trump was ‘renaming’ the Gulf of Mexico. In view of events this week, it seems current again. An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S HIGH TIME we corrected a long-standing nomenclature…...
EDITORIAL – Milobar could be the undoing of the BC Conservatives
2+ week, 3+ day ago (242+ words) An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO, ANOTHER NEW PARTY for British Columbia. Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar and Delta MLA Ian Paton will form a new centre-right party. It will be, they say, an alternative to the BC Conservatives, the…...
EDITORIAL – Full slate of incumbents sets up fascinating choice for voters
3+ week, 4+ day ago (349+ words) An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOW THAT Katie Neustaeter has announced her candidacy for a second term on Kamloops City council, voters will have a full slate of incumbents to think about, along with newcomers, in the October civic election....