Quantcast
Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

Opinion

BASS: Better the devil voters know than the devil they don’t

What have we learned from the provincial election? No one should ever listen to a pollster again.

READ

FOULDS: According to the polls, the NDP will win — or the Liberals

Polling predictions for the frontrunners hardly resembled the voting patterns of the electorate in 2012 Alberta election.

READ

BASS: How well do we know our Tournament Capital neighbours?

Almost 14 years in this city has, apparently, given me no idea about who lives here.

READ

EDITORIAL: Target opening a sign of strength

Target’s arrival is good news to Sahali Mall and good news to the economy of Kamloops.

READ

FOULDS: Never mind the salaries — how about term limits?

It has always been a part-time job with part-time pay, particularly in smaller cities and towns like Kamloops.

READ

BASS: Of Harper, attack ads and the pay accorded councillors

A lot of things happened that are worth some consideration or observation.

READ
Gwyn-s-2011-SNC-picture-2.jpg

Liberals are best answer for BC's future

BC Local News - Monday May 6, 2013

Contributor urges careful consideration from voters before ballots are cast

READ

EDITORIAL: $25,000 is fair pay for sitting on city council

Sitting on city council in Kamloops is a voluntary civic duty with adequate pay for what is required.

READ

Salmon Confidential compelling - but fictional

The plot in this movie failed to impress experts at the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River.

READ

BASS: They are Whipped — and voters suffer as a result

The disservice is done by those who only hear the crack of the party whip — and fall back into line.

READ

FOULDS: For $130K a year, Pamela Martin warns us of the 1990s

he B.C. Liberals are not the only ones being too cheesy, as fans attending last week’s Kamloops Blazers-Kelowna Rockets game can attest.

READ

EDITORIAL: Attacking Trudeau a classless tactic by Conservatives

Perhaps Cathy McLeod will speak her mind and not recite the party line when asked about this latest example of lack of class.

READ

Ajax needs to be approved — and we need the jobs

Kamloops was funded by mining long before tourism and tournaments.

READ

BASS: There’s a reason for cynicism — and Simpson points it out

As the independent MLA asks: What the heck is “year-end” money?

READ

FOULDS: From Nova Scotia comes queries about B.C. Liberals

Nobody has been campaigning longer, or with as large a profile, than Todd Stone, the B.C. Liberal candidate in Kamloops-South Thompson.

READ

RATIONAL THOUGHTS: Office of Religious Freedom will protect one religion

Apart from the obvious blatant catering to its religious fundamentalist base, what else could be behind such an obvious waste of money?

READ
thatcher-by-newton.jpg

DYER: Remembering Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was the woman who began the shift to the right that has affected almost all the countries of the West.

READ

BASS: By all means, vote, but please do not believe all you hear

Do not believe a single thing any of the candidates tell you when they say they will do something.

READ

FOULDS: Is Pacific Carbon Trust a boon or bust for British Columbia?

If the need to reduce greenhouse gases is of utmost importance, why are these companies not investing in cleaner technologies?

READ

EDITORIAL: Ajax’s about-face raises questions

If city council ultimately opposes the Ajax proposal, can the company truly claim to be a community partner?

READ
NEXT PAGE