A fast-moving wildfire that has prompted evacuation orders and alerts in and around the Kamloops area expanded rapidly to 18 square kilometres in size on Sunday as it moved closer to the city limits. The Ross Moore Lake fire, first discovered Friday afternoon, is now about 13 kilometres south of the city and more than…
Fast-Growing Fire Near Kamloops, BC, Prompts Evacuation Alerts and Orders
Brian Giesbrecht: The RCMP Failed Canadians at Kamloops
Commentary The RCMP has a long and honourable history, and has served Canadians well. RCMP top brass and regular officers have always insisted on doing their job in their own way. They have robustly specifically resisted all attempts by politicians to interfere in their clear mandate to enforce the law. However, in May 2021 at…
Frances Widdowson: The University of Lethbridge Falls to ‘Wokeism’
Commentary A few months ago Paul Viminitz, a philosophy professor at the University of Lethbridge (UL) in southern Alberta, invited me to give a talk on academic freedom. The talk originally intended to elaborate upon how “wokeism”—a phenomenon in which identity politics becomes totalitarian by insisting that the subjective beliefs of designated groups replace the…
BC Teacher Fired After Comment on Residential School Deaths
A B.C. high school teacher was escorted out of his classroom by two staff members after telling students the majority of residential school deaths were caused by illness. “I was walked out like a criminal. They can’t walk a teacher out of school unless the teacher is a direct harm and immediate harm to children,”…
Kamloops, BC, Company Slays Industry Giants to Win Acoustic Guitar of the Year
Growing up in a family-run music store, Mike Miltimore was comfortable as a preteen pulling apart guitars, understanding how they worked and putting them back together. He has fond memories of flipping through the Musical Merchandise Review magazine to see what products industry insiders from across North America picked as the best each year. “We…
Barbara Kay: Overlooking the Facts in Favour of Empty Virtue Signalling Does a Disservice to Everyone, Including the Victims
Commentary On May 30, 2021, the Canadian Federation of Students issued a statement to Canadian schools, declaring: “On Thursday, May 27, the remains of 215 Indigenous children were found buried in an unmarked mass grave at the Kamloops Residential School [in British Columbia]. These were acts of cultural violence, genocide and colonialism.” Within days, this…
There’s No Evidence Residential School Children Were Murdered and Tossed Into Unmarked Graves
Commentary Since the media release by the Kamloops Indian Band on May 27, 2021, about “the confirmation of the remains of 215 children [buried in unmarked graves] who were students of the Kamloops Indian Residential School,” similar announcements across the country have come fast and furious. The news stories and unabated attention devoted to unmarked graves…
One Person Dead After Ammonia Leak at Ice-Making Business in Kamloops, BC
An employee at an ice-making business in Kamloops, B.C., has died of exposure to ammonia gas, the city’s deputy fire chief said. Ryan Cail said the man was believed to be in his 60s. The facility was closed for the rest of the day following the incident on Thursday morning. “There was a malfunction with…
The Knowns and Unknowns About the Kamloops Burials
May 24, 2022
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Commentary The announcement by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc indigenous band of Kamloops, B.C. on May 27, 2021, about finding remains of 215 children on the grounds of an Indian Residential School instantly became headline news worldwide, even though the band’s press release said that “At this time we have more questions than answers.” Across Canada, the meagre…
Some BC Evacuees to Be Allowed to Return Home, Key Railway Corridor to Reopen
Some evacuees set to return home today and a key railway corridor expected to reopen following record rainfall in B.C. that caused flooding and triggered mudslides. A week after the entire city of Merritt, B.C. was forced to evacuate when the Coldwater River flooded into the community of about 7,000, officials announced the first phase…
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