iN DISCUSSION: ICBC’s no fault system criticized

This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes.

Here you’ll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of June 23. They may have been edited slightly for readability. The opinions expressed are not those of iNFOnews.ca, unless we occasionally add our own style, like this:

Countdown Timer

That’s our official Recall Tara Armstrong Countdown Clock!

Tara Armstrong is currently the MLA for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream. As far as we can tell, she has never lived there, never showed her face or said anything in the election campaign where she rode the coattails of the BC Conservative Party, got elected, then rejected and left the party to serve as an Independent because the Conservatives were too left wing. Now she gets to spout moronic, hateful rhetoric and claim that her riding supports her.

Elections BC says you can recall an MLA if 40% of eligible voters in the riding sign a recall petition — but not for the first 18 months after an election. Some people started an online petition calling for a byelection once she made a shift to Independent, but it won’t mean anything until the countdown clock hits zero.

So let the countdown begin!

Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjones@infonews.ca.

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iN PHOTOS: Six fascinating spiders to spot in Kamloops, Okanagan

Spiders are fascinating creatures, I love them. — Lenny Recollet, via iNFOnews.ca

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Tribunal rules South Okanagan’s man’s chronic pain a ‘minor injury’

Our insurance system is the worst. We get screwed over and over. They treat us like open wallets then turn around and act like this every chance they get. Shameful. — Dick Dawson, via iNFOnews.ca

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Sign banning union recruiter removed from Kamloops construction site

I wouldn’t worry, after what they did to The Bay and its former employees in Kamloops, I doubt anyone is going to trust a union recruiter for a long, long time. — Dianne Jackson, via iNFOnews.ca

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Highest earner at Kamloops city hall got $60K raise

He’s paid well for guy who sleeps through council meetings while our city is in shambles. — Danica Fletcher, via iNFOnews.ca

This is fuggin’ insane. — Lola Giddens, via iNFOnews.ca

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Suspension for BC lawyer who punched 80-year-old in the face

This “professional” should be looking for a different job. The fact they didn’t bar him for life proves that some are truly Bottom Feeders. If the senior was hospitalized, would a lawyer really have the heart to turn on a brother and assist in suing? — George Girling, via iNFOnews.ca

Wow that lawyer should have gotten a fine and jail time. — Sandra Deutch, via iNFOnews.ca

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Brother will get $10M, but wants bigger slice in Kelowna family’s real estate feud

Funny how those who have so much always want more. — Shayne Mcnulty, via iNFOnews.ca