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NATIONAL PULSE – Half can’t find a doctor or get a timely appointment

September 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE September 8, 2022 – When Dr. David Eaton retires later this year, 1,400 of the approximately 2,800 people of Wheatley, Ont. will be losing their [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Millions have chronic difficulty getting health care

September 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE September 7, 2022 – A summer of health care related horror stories – from emergency room closures to doctor shortages to surgery delays – is [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Soaring prices have four-in-five pinching pennies

August 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE August 22, 2022 – Statistics Canada may have reported cooling inflation rates in recent days, but the summer of price increases continues to [Continue]

LETTER – Less enablement, more treatment needed on drug abuse

August 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

We have a civic election coming up and I hope that the below topic will be forefront. B.C.’s harm reduction started in the late 1980s. Needle exchanges, safe injection [Continue]

LETTER – Society will seek action on new PAC after the October civic election

August 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

The following was emailed to Kamloops Centre for the Arts members on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022: Last time we reached out to you, we asked you to take a look at the City’s [Continue]

LETTER – Pedestrians oblivious to cyclists on shared pathways

August 7, 2022 // 4 Comments

Re: EDITORIAL – Inexperienced cyclists are a hazard on city’s streets You must not ride as you didn’t say a word about shared pathways. The real dangers are here. [Continue]

LETTER – Looking at the social pressure gauges for answers to vandalism

August 5, 2022 // 2 Comments

Re: EDITORIAL – Do we have to build cages around the nice things in our city? You are looking at the social pressure gauge that tells us how the people of the country are [Continue]

FEATURED COMMENT – Let’s work together for cycling safety in Kamloops

July 28, 2022 // 2 Comments

My response to Mel Rothenburger’s Armchair Mayor Article July 27, 2022 As an active member of the Kamloops Cycling Coalition my eyes and ears are honed to any [Continue]

LETTER – Privatization would seriously reduce medical services to most of us

July 25, 2022 // 3 Comments

Re: Editorial – Who won and who lost in court’s rejection of private health care? For the past number of years I have enjoyed your comments on the news program [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians evenly divided on turbine troubles

July 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE July 22, 2022 – A record-breaking summer heat wave has drawn attention away from what could be a grim and cold winter as Europe faces an [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Willingness to keep getting vaccinated for COVID wanes

July 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE July 18, 2022 – An emerging seventh wave of the COVID-19 virus – spurred forth by the BA.5 variant of Omicron – has health [Continue]

LETTER – Rogers Communications failed the ‘most reliable network’ promise

July 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

An update received by Rogers customers today, July 13, 2022: Dear Valued Customers, Our network outage last Friday was unacceptable. Simply put, we failed on our promise to [Continue]

LETTER – Some concerns about gas prices and road conditions

July 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

A couple concerns about, (1 ). What would be the reason why we ( Kamloops) seem to have the most costly gasoline in the Interior? The fuel seems to have dropped everywhere [Continue]

LETTER – Every addiction should be a medical matter, not a legal one

June 26, 2022 // 4 Comments

I’ll preface by stating that I am in no way an expert on addiction issues. That stated, I have consulted fairly extensively with those possessing expertise and sat on the [Continue]