Articles by jamespeterscfjc

PETERS – Our biosolids, our business – we should all be concerned about it

April 6, 2019 // 1 Comment

HUMANS HAVE NEVER BEEN especially good at dealing with our waste. We like to do silly things with our garbage like toss it out the window of our cars for someone else to [Continue]

PETERS – Has a public institution ever been as out of touch as the Legislature?

March 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

WHEN LEGISLATIVE SPEAKER Darryl Plecas outlined in his eponymous report instances of flagrant spending by entitled legislative officers earlier this year, the widespread [Continue]

PETERS – Let’s not make the latest mass shooter into a celebrity

March 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE MOSQUE ATTACKS in New Zealand is in its early stages, but we do know a few things about what happened. Dozens of people were killed at two mosques [Continue]

PETERS – We need a new approach to drug trade before more bystanders die

February 23, 2019 // 1 Comment

ALMOST EXACTLY A MONTH AGO, we asked in this space why we can’t have a nice, peaceful drug trade. This was just a few days after a double homicide RCMP told us was [Continue]

PETERS – Kamloops won’t end up with as many cannabis shops as it seems

February 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

HOW MANY FLOWER STORES do we have in Kamloops? How many coffee shops or shoe stores? You don’t know, do you? That’s understandable. But by now, you are probably [Continue]

PETERS – Can’t we have a nice, peaceful drug trade?

January 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

CAN’T WE HAVE A NICE, PEACEFUL DRUG TRADE? I guess not. When you have an economic sector that’s completely unregulated, the business owners will regulate it [Continue]

PETERS – One year later, it’s time for answers on Elephant Hill

July 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

ONE YEAR AGO. It started on a Thursday evening, a small fire just outside of Ashcroft. By the morning, strong winds had fanned it to 700 hectares and it was ravaging the [Continue]

PETERS – It’s time for Kamloops to ratchet up recruiting in Lower Mainland

May 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Thousands upon thousands of young Vancouverites are practically begging for a good reason to leave IF THE LOWER MAINLAND hasn’t heard all about Kamloops by now, someone [Continue]

PETERS – We’ve spent eons trying to harness fire, but we still can’t control it

May 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

EVER SINCE humanity learned to harness the power of combustion, we have found it very useful. Fire gave us heat and light, allowing us to exist comfortably in the night time [Continue]