PETERS – On abortion and women’s health, listen to women, not me
I DON’T WRITE AND SPEAK very often from a first person point of view, because I’d rather not bring myself into most of the topics I discuss. It’s my opinion that I’m [Continue]
Local Voices
FORSETH – Pig-headed B.C. government refuses to quit on pipeline
“BRITISH COLUMBIA’S highest court has spoken, unanimously, and the time for obstruction of the TMX pipeline is now over. I look forward to working with B.C. and the [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Sometimes it’s not easy being a pro-vaxxer
DESPITE THE FACT THAT VACCINES have saved uncountable lives and virtually wiped out smallpox, polio, tetanus and rabies, vaccine risks exist. When those risks result in [Continue]
STONE – The NDP’s bizarre scheme to centralize power in Victoria
By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson LAST MONTH, in reference to recent and proposed changes to B.C.’s forest policy, West Fraser CEO Ted Seraphim expressed concern [Continue]
BEPPLE – Kamloops is blessed to have such strong urban planning
I DROVE DOWN TRANQUILLE ROAD the other day from Overlanders Bridge to Fortune Drive. It felt as if I was in a whole new town. First, there was the vibrant green mixed use [Continue]
GINTA – World can be changed for the better and many are doing it already
IF YOU WERE TO SIT WITH US FOR DINNER on any given night, you would be privy to a recurrent conversation that surfaces whenever social issues such as poverty, violation of [Continue]
RITCEY – What would a Green Party election victory in Kamloops look like?
THE GREEN PARTY’S SHOCK victory in a recent federal by-election has Canadians reassessing their chances in the upcoming fall election. Elizabeth May routinely polls as [Continue]
McQUARRIE – The Foreigner in our land
“IF A WOMAN HAS (the right to an abortion), why shouldn’t a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman? At least the rapist’s pursuit of [Continue]
PETERS – McLachlin Report shows the legislature needs proper supervision
THE MANY WAYS adults act like children will never cease to be fascinating. From video game obsessions to adult colouring books, more and more grown-ups are trying to hold [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Alberta’s faulty pipeline gambit
THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT SAYS that if only B.C. would allow a second pipeline to be built, our gasoline prices would go down. If only it were true. The new pipeline will not [Continue]
BEPPLE – Embassy in Israel not top of mind locally but it’s an important issue
LAST WEEK, federal Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer announced that, if elected, a Conservative government would move the Canadian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to [Continue]
KNOX – Turns out our Canadian accent is one of the sexiest in the world
SHE NUZZLED MY EAR: “Say ‘Roll up the rim to win.’ ” I shook her off. “Charlize, baby, I told you it’s over. She kept going. “Now do the Friendly Giant: [Continue]
PETERS – Green Party a wasted vote no longer
IT WASN’T LONG AGO that the Green Party was generally believed to be a place reserved for the strictest of idealogues, and otherwise a place to waste your vote. People [Continue]
HEIGHTON – Road is long and winding on street issues, not insurmountable
By JEREMY HEIGHTON Executive Director, North Shore BIA THIS PAST WEEK, I and Bryce Herman, our President, attended the annual Business Improvement Association of B.C. [Continue]
