PETERS – The true meaning of crisis

THE HOLIDAY SEASON is a tough time of year for a lot of people.

We call it the most wonderful time of the year, but it presents a lot of extra expenses and extra stress, too.

If you don’t get the right gift, invite the right people or send the right greeting, it’s an all-out crisis.

Well, maybe not a crisis. That word is reserved for everything else that’s going on right now.

The entire world seems to be made up of competing crises.

There is the housing crisis that has resulted in far too many people living on the streets and sleeping in shelters.

That’s connected to the affordability crisis. Everything is so much more expensive, from small staples like groceries to major commitments like rent and mortgage payments.

If that’s less of a concern for you, you probably have to deal with the healthcare crisis. Our system doesn’t have nearly enough staff, and that makes for declining services and enormous wait times.

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James Peters is the radio anchor at CFJC, coming to Kamloops in 2006. He anchors the afternoon news on B-100 and 98.3 CIFM, and contributes weekly editorials to the CFJC Evening News. He tweets regularly @Jamloops.