McQUARRIE – A lot of ‘breaking news’ stories sound all too familiar
WATCHING FROM THE DISTANT and rainy shores of Vancouver Island, I sometimes find myself amused – in a head-scratching kind of way – by breaking news stories in [Continue]
Local Voices
KNOX – Those willing to stand for party leadership are few and far between
DAVID MERNER spent part of Thursday on the phone to a woman in the Maritimes, urging her to run for the leadership of the federal Green Party. That might seem odd, [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Look to the sea for the internet, not the clouds
OUR CONNECTION to the internet seems so ethereal – it’s as though data materializes out of thin air. This illusion is a result of the final hop of our connection to the [Continue]
PETERS – Needle cleanup is still more complicated than it needs to be
KARI RUBEL DIDN’T KNOW WHO TO CALL. The program director for People in Motion had just found a bunch of used needles in front of the agency’s office on Tranquille Road. [Continue]
BEPPLE – It’s time for municipal computer systems to go regional
IT SEEMS THAT A WEEK (or is it a day) doesn’t go by without a report of a computer system being hacked. Sometimes the system is vandalized. Sometimes data is stolen. [Continue]
GINTA – How about that ‘CEOs and Office Hoes’ pub night?
NEWS TRAVELS FAST. The controversial stories even faster, more so when they have a risqué edge. Such was the case of the story hailing from our very own ‘small town/big [Continue]
KNOX – A little creativity goes a long way when snow shows up
I WENT ON A TORONTO radio show this week where the host struggled to contain herself as I described Victoria’s brush with Real Canadian Winter. “Say it again,” she [Continue]
PETERS – With Out of the Cold needing space, where are the churches?
CHURCHES IN KAMLOOPS, as in most communities in B.C., are eligible to be exempt from paying property taxes. In that way, they are in the same category as property belonging [Continue]
FORSETH – Govt has worked in best interests of ‘politicians’ for too long
WHEN NDP PREMIER John Horgan gave official recognition to the BC Green Party, he also gave them tens of thousand in additional financial resources that would not have [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Greta Thunberg gets it wrong on panicking over climate
I SYMPATHIZE WITH Swedish teen Greta Thunberg for her outrage at the mess that my generation has left the world in. We just wanted to create a culture with every convenience [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – B.C.’s mining laws are still stuck in the gold rush era
By GINA MORRIS Kamloops Moms for Clean Air THE MINING INDUSTRY in British Columbia claims to adhere to world-leading practices, so how is it that the Ajax mining company [Continue]
BEPPLE – Next provincial election is a lot closer than it might seem
THE NEXT B.C. PROVINCIAL general election is Oct. 16, 2021. That is just over one year and nine months away. That may seem a long ways away, but campaigning is well [Continue]
SCHOOL BOARD – 2019 was a remarkable year for School District 73
By ALISON SIDOW Superintendent, School District 73 FOR MANY OF US in the district, 2019 will be remembered for the fire that destroyed the Parkcrest Elementary school in [Continue]
GINTA – What can we understand from the darkest of times?
IT IS HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS the extent of the tragedy that has befallen the families and friends of the 176 people who died in the recent plane crash near Tehran. Worse yet [Continue]
