Local Voices

GUEST COLUMN – Hospital is on fire as staffing shortage in full crisis

May 27, 2022 // 3 Comments

The guest column is written by an anonymous nurse. THIS IS IN RESPONSE to the campaign of misinformation propagated by the administration of the Interior Health Authority. [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Terrorists subvert Wet’suwet’en cause

May 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

MICHAEL FORTIER was jarred awake at 1:30 a.m. on May 4 by the banging on the drain pipe of his Montreal home. A neighbour was trying to get Fortier’s attention – his two [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Doctors’ pay model wasn’t always broken

May 19, 2022 // 1 Comment

WHILE DOCTORS weren’t happy with Medicare at first, they eventually approved of the pay model. Doctors went on strike in Saskatchewan when Medicare was first enacted in [Continue]

GINTA – Love changes the world – yes, really, and by a lot!

May 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

I SAW THE TINIEST hummingbird the other day, while on the morning hike. No bigger than a (small) dandelion flower, it was hovering around a Saskatoon bush. I got home and [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Why is the premier spending $1 billion on a vanity project?

May 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

Excerpt from Question Period, debate between Todd Stone and John Horgan, on Monday, May 16, 2022: T. Stone: I don’t mean to be glib, either, to the Premier. But if I [Continue]

JOHNSON – What Pope says is more important than where he goes

May 15, 2022 // 4 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca POPE FRANCIS plans to visit Canada this summer following Canadian Indigenous leaders’ visit to the Vatican last month. [Continue]

KNOX – Legion trying to find medal-winners’ families, but it’s a tricky task

May 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

DID YOUR PARENTS or grandparents or great-whatevers serve in the military? Did they belong to the Royal Canadian Legion in Victoria? Do you know where their medals are? The [Continue]

PETERS – It’s time for Vladimir Putin to be stopped

May 14, 2022 // 3 Comments

RUSSIA’S INVASION of Ukraine has become too easy for us to ignore. We in North America may have relegated the invasion to the far reaches of our collective consciousness, [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘When will this Attorney General stop being soft on crime?’

May 13, 2022 // 1 Comment

Excerpt from Question Period in the B.C. Legislature on May 11, 2022. P. Milobar: Let’s be clear — no one believes this Attorney General, with his background, is [Continue]

STONE – Some solutions for immediate relief from high gasoline prices

May 13, 2022 // 1 Comment

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson GAS PRICES are once again skyrocketing across the province and there is no end in sight, thanks to the NDP government’s refusal [Continue]

COLLINS – New hospital tower won’t be the ‘saviour’ for health care

May 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

IN TWO MONTHS, give or take, the new $417 million patient care tower at Royal Inland Hospital will open its doors. It will have some nice new bells and whistles. The tower is [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Problem of ‘catch and release’ offenders is a hot political issue

May 12, 2022 // 6 Comments

KAMLOOPSIANS ARE BEING TERRORIZED, businesses vandalized and personal property stolen by a small number of people. What can be done? It will certainly be an issue in the [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘Nurses deserve action on burnout and workloads’

May 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

Excerpt from Question Period debate Monday (May 9, 2022) between Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone and Health Minister Adrian Dix. T. Stone: I think we can all agree [Continue]

COLLINS – City Council could have a different look this fall

May 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

THE CIVIC ELECTION in October is still a few months away, but already there are signs the council table could look substantially different. There are several names of [Continue]