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August 6, 2020 in Editorials // ROTHENBURGER – B.C. needs to go back to the drawing boards on return-to-school plan
August 5, 2020 in Editorials // EDITORIAL – We need to stop stigmatizing North Shore in crime reports
August 5, 2020 in Featured Comment // FEATURED COMMENT – Note to City council: Brocklehurst Lives Matter
August 5, 2020 in Bepple // BEPPLE – New name for B.C. Day would be another step toward reconciliation
August 4, 2020 in Other Voices // SUZUKI – Four-day workweek can spur necessary transformation

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BEPPLE – New name for B.C. Day would be another step toward reconciliation

August 5, 2020 // 1 Comment

EDITOR’S NOTE: Nancy Bepple is taking a well-deserved break this week. In place of her regular column we present an encore column originally published Aug. 7, 2019. IN [Continue]

KNOX – Figuring out who’s welcome and who’s not is a pandemic pickle

August 2, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT TOOK AWHILE, but I finally found one. This was the other day, when I was up in the Interior, off-Island for the first time since the drawbridge went down. On the highway, [Continue]

STONE – Not too late for NDP to do right thing on 24-7 on-site supports

August 1, 2020 // 4 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson ALL BRITISH COLUMBIANS agree that we need supportive housing in our communities. I, too, believe that everyone should have a roof [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – COVID-19 is more costly to humanity than climate change

July 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has changed the way I regard climate change. Don’t get me wrong: climate change is real and it’s man-made. But it is not the “the greatest threat [Continue]

GINTA – Don’t let summer temptations lead to bad decisions

July 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

SUMMER IS ON AND THOUGH EVERYONE hoped that the virus will just succumb to hot weather, that’s not the case. Summer weather draws people out and many choose to do it the [Continue]

KNOX – Name for new Seattle NHL team fails the community test

July 26, 2020 // 1 Comment

NHL HOCKEY RESUMES next week, with all games clustered in just two cities, Toronto (“Centre of the Universe”) and Edmonton (“Gateway to Red Deer”), thanks to the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The rapid spread of the stupidity contagion – can it be stopped?

July 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

“THE COVID VACCINE is designed to microchip us,” states a recent post on Facebook; which once again proves we have yet to invent a vaccine that eliminates the rampant [Continue]

PETERS: Bill Morneau has been skating on thin ethical ice for years

July 25, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE MORE DAYS WE PUT IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR, the more difficult it becomes to remember them, it seems. As an example, when I began to contemplate a column this week calling [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Fears of out-of-town workers spreading virus are unfounded

July 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

SOME KAMLOOPSIANS WORRY that the 50 pipeline workers from out of town will bring the Cov2 virus into our community. That number of workers will swell to 600 by August. The [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kids are mastering important life skills during the pandemic

July 22, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE KIDS IN OUR LIVES have been doing an amazing job dealing with COVID. It’s time we gave them some recognition for a job well done. The thing is, COVID isn’t going away [Continue]

GINTA – Birthday wishes for Jessie

July 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

WHEN MY ELDEST SON TURNED 18 not long ago, there was a lot to think about other than baking a cake and choosing a gift. Like all parents, I thought of what’s ahead with a [Continue]

KNOX – Self-appointed behaviour judges need to see the real picture

July 19, 2020 // 2 Comments

SHANNON UNDERDOWN-NGONGO would like to apologize. She would like to say sorry for not appearing to be legally blind, which she is. She would also like to say “my bad” for [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Even with rain, it’s a summer to celebrate, not fret about

July 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

REMEMBER LAST SUMMER when we rubbed shoulders at concerts and live theatre; cheek-to-jowl at our favourite restaurants and watering holes? Remember when we mingled in crowds [Continue]

PETERS – Horgan’s verbal diarrhea on the overdose crisis a serious misstep

July 18, 2020 // 2 Comments

A DELEGATION TO KAMLOOPS COUNCIL this week emphasized the importance of minding our language when talking about addiction and substance use disorder. Two days later, it [Continue]