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Duo claims Ajax could cost $40,000 per person
Costs from increased health care, loss of commerce and environmental damage will outweigh by nearly three times economic benefits from the proposed Ajax mine, according to a report co-authored by...
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HOW WE MET: It was elementary
In the photo: Clockwise from top left: Maia Walker, Amelia Petch and Julianna Bissonnette take the requisite How We Met selfie with KTW’s famous barnstorming iPad. Maia Walker, Julianna Bissonnette...
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Ripe time to harvest
Fourteen-year-old Caleb Bepple helps gather tomatoes from the family’s plot at the Tranquille Community Garden amid last weekend’s sunshine. Sunshine and highs to 22 C are forecast for this weekend,...
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Forum on health care set for Sunday at TRU
Rick Turner wants to see more eyes watching the ongoing legal battle between the provincial government and Dr. Brian Day. Turner, co-chair of the B.C. Health Coalition, said Day, co-owner of...
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Forum at TRU on Tsilhqot’in court decision
TRU is hosting a forum tomorrow (Sept. 26) that will explore implications of the recent Supreme Court of Canada that gives First Nations a more say on resource decisions. Among panelists at the 6 p.m....
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Letters will explain grade placements
Letters will be going home this week from secondary schools explaining grade placements for students this year. Kamloops-Thompson school district assistant superintendent Alison Sidow said because of...
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It’s time for Kamloops to embrace municipal police force
Editor: Re: (‘Trial hears of ‘bully’ heading ‘dysfunctional detachment,’ Sept. 18): Revelations at trial by a retired Mountie of disharmony and dysfunction in the Kamloops RCMP detachment make it clear...
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EDITORIAL: The political red wave rolls on
The Liberal wave keeps rolling across Central and Eastern Canada. Brian Gallant led the provincial Liberal party in New Brunswick to victory in this week’s election, in the process becoming, at 32, the...
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BASS: Tales from the trailerhood
I t wouldn’t be summer without a “how I spent my summer vacation” column. This one is a coming-of-age tale — and the age is that of the semi-retired and soon-to-be-retired. It’s a cautionary tale, as...
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Lacasse is a solid leader with many successes
Editor: I was extremely disheartened to read the negative comments associated with Yves Lacasse during testimony in the trial of Kamloops Cpl. Rick Brown (‘Trial hears of ‘bully’ heading ‘dysfunctional...
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It’s just a spider, man
For many British Columbians, there is nothing more terrifying than opening a cupboard door or getting ready to hop in the shower and seeing autumn’s most notorious uninvited houseguest — the giant...
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We owe Lacasse and the RCMP a ‘huge thank you’
Editor: Re: KTW’s front-page story of Sept. 18 on the trial of Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Rick Brown (‘Trial hears of ‘bully’ heading ‘dysfunctional detachment’): I feel the story was in poor taste and...
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Kamloops and DIstrict Labour Council endorses five candidates
Four council hopefuls and one school-trustee candidate have received early nods from the Kamloops and District Labour Council. The council, which represents about 10,000 unionized workers in the...
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Candidates are crowd-sourcing
Whether it’s soliciting donations or platform ideas, city council candidates are embracing crowd-sourcing. Incumbent Coun. Arjun Singh is running a survey on his website, yourkamloops.com, which he...
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Dad’s duo at Art We Are
Ted and Katie Shumaker combine some folk and country, add a dash of bluegrass and gospel, throw in some jazz and come out with music that is Good Enough For Dad. The couple, both in their 60s, formerly...
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CANDIDATE: Glen Thompson is new in town and has new ideas
Glen Thompson wants a seat on council — and wants to be a voice for small business. Glen Thompson only moved to Kamloops this past summer, but that’s not stopping him from jumping directly into the...
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Burning? Don’t forget your permit
From Oct. 1 to Oct. 31, open burning of yard and garden waste on properties of one acre (43,560 square feet) or greater within the City of Kamloops and Tk’emlúps Indian Band is allowed with a permit....
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Bepple reveals why she left city council
A day after announcing her intention to run for a seat on Kamloops city council, former councillor Nancy Bepple has shed light on why she stepped down from council in March. “I was diagnosed with...
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WALLACE: Language gone cray cray — it’s amazeballs
I thought Christopher Foulds was either going to fire me or throw the large Canadian Oxford Dictionary at my head. He looked at me from his desk and asked what I had just said, no doubt hoping he had...
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EDITORIAL: Sometimes, justice is served
The murder in Surrey this month of teenager Serena Vermeersch, and the subsequent arrest of notorious rapist Raymond Caissie in connection to the slaying, has understandably led to outrage. A glance at...
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