Local Voices

McQUARRIE – Maybe it’s the voters, not the politicians, who are insane

September 22, 2019 // 2 Comments

WHEN IT COMES to the Oct. 21 election, are you expecting different outcomes than what you have experienced with every other federal election? It’s a serious question but [Continue]

KNOX – Move over boomers, parties have discovered millennials

September 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

WEEK ONE in federal election promises: • Jagmeet Singh vowed to cap cellphone and Internet charges. • Justin Trudeau announced breaks for first-time homeowners. • [Continue]

PETERS – It’s time to equip our schools with surveillance cameras

September 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CHILDISH THREAT against a school in Kamloops. Valleyview Secondary, Sa-Hali Secondary and now Dallas Elementary have been tagged so far. Of course, [Continue]

BEPPLE – Summit connector needs to become a street, not a highway

September 18, 2019 // 7 Comments

WE ALL KNOW the difference between a highway and a street. A highway is a main road, where vehicles are able to move at high speeds. There are often multiple lanes. A [Continue]

GINTA – B.C.’s wolves are still being killed but will that save the caribou?

September 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

I WILL SAVE YOU the suspense. The answer is not likely, according to many wildlife researchers who have studied the issue from all sides because of what’s at stake, which [Continue]

KNOX – For Trudeau, it’s looking to be a bumpier ride than it was in 2015

September 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

ON THE VERY FIRST DAY of the election campaign, the media bus drove into Justin Trudeau’s plane at the Victoria airport. As metaphors go, that’s not bad. Trudeau will [Continue]

PETERS – In Kamloops and in Canada, Trudeau’s celebrity sheen has worn off

September 14, 2019 // 1 Comment

WHEN TIMES GOT TOUGH for the Liberals, Justin Trudeau could always count on Justin Trudeau. He could flash that thousand-watt smile, lose the shirt and go for a jog on the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The odds of making it through the Northwest Passage

September 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

Columnist David Charbonneau is on board the Ocean Endeavour in the Northwest Passage. IF I WERE A BETTING MAN, I would bet that we’d make it through the fabled Northwest [Continue]

GINTA – Once again, we have learned the meaning of community

September 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

A LOT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ALREADY about the recent disaster that destroyed Parkcrest Elementary. It shook the entire city and it left many in tears. It will take a while to [Continue]

BEPPLE – It’s time Kamloops got a larger public gallery in its city hall

September 11, 2019 // 1 Comment

AS WE LAUNCH into the 43rd election for the federal government, we shouldn’t forget that democracy is not just about the day we vote for who we want in power. It’s also [Continue]

STONE – B.C. can’t wait for the federal government to regulate vaping

September 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson AS ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR STARTS, I am hopeful and excited but also worried. I am hopeful that thousands of British Columbians will [Continue]

KNOX – In Dysfunction-By-The-Sea, policing isn’t a pretty picture

September 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

WHEN THAT INTOXICATED GUY staged a one-man rodeo near the Royal Jubilee on Wednesday, smashing into cars before holing up inside a Begbie Street house, VicPD brought in the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The migration of Canada’s Inuit to Greenland

September 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

I’M ABOARD THE OCEAN ENDEAVOUR, east of Baffin Island in the Arctic Circle, approaching Lancaster Sound. We left Kangerlussuag, Greenland, ten days ago and we’re headed [Continue]

GINTA – Let’s help our young ones quit once and for all

September 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

IT IS AN INTERESTING CASE of ‘better than smoking’ that has been adopted by many. Vaping, they said, does not present the same risks as cigarettes do. That many [Continue]