Local Voices

CHARBONNEAU – Trump’s great idea: rake the forest floors clean

August 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

FORMER PRESIDENT Donald Trump has come up with another great idea. Everyone agrees that the source of wildfires is the buildup of flammable materials on the forest floor, so [Continue]

BEPPLE – One very important thing is missing from City’s health programs

August 4, 2021 // 2 Comments

AS WE SUFFER through wildfire smoke, and step closer to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, health and all that it entails is more important than ever. Interior Health [Continue]

KNOX – A sesquicentennial quiz to put B.C. Day long weekend in perspective

August 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

RIGHT, THE B.C. DAY LONG WEEKENDight, a time when the people of this province traditionally celebrate who they are by racing to the outlet stores at Bellingham. Not this [Continue]

STONE – Horgan needs to clear up ‘misunderstanding’ about cancer clinic

July 30, 2021 // 2 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson “IF THAT WAS MISUNDERSTOOD by the people of Kamloops, I will… make that retraction.” That’s what Premier John Horgan [Continue]

GINTA – Those small things that make a world of difference

July 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

THE SMALL GREEN SPACE near our home is bone dry, like the rest of the interior. There is no public indicator of the fire hazard but the ones in Peterson Creek Park spell it [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Don’t confuse all the homeless with city’s street menagerie

July 29, 2021 // 1 Comment

A FEW DERANGED, mentally ill and brain-addled addicts on Kamloops’ streets get a lot of attention. But don’t label all the homeless as troublemakers. Kamloops RCMP [Continue]

BEPPLE – After warning upon warning about climate change, will we act?

July 28, 2021 // 5 Comments

MY FATHER’S FAMILY emigrated from Romania to Canada in 1929. They were descendants of some of the many Germans who went to Romania starting in 1763 by invitation of [Continue]

KNOX – Will climate fears douse the flames in the house that May built?

July 25, 2021 // 1 Comment

THE 2011 FEDERAL ELECTION campaign coincided with the Canucks’ run to the Stanley Cup finals. So, it was no surprise when those on stage at an all-candidates forum in [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – British Columbia at 150 years remains a work in progress

July 24, 2021 // 1 Comment

By DAVE OBEE Editor and Publisher, Victoria Times Colonist ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY years ago this past Tuesday, the British Colonist newspaper reported on a major event — our [Continue]

PETERS – Intentions were laudable, execution was lacking at The Loop

July 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

THERE IS MUCH TO BE LAUDED about what Glenn Hilke has done with The Loop, a pop-up non-profit agency that provided services for the people the rest of society has the most [Continue]

GINTA – Grateful for our local farmers, blue skies, and firefighting crews

July 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

THIS ONE TWEET among the countless ones on social media caught my eye a few days ago. It was Tuesday, and the fires around Kamloops were once again getting rowdy and there [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – We are being tested by smoke, fire, heat and disease

July 22, 2021 // 1 Comment

AS WE EMERGE from the pandemic, Kamloopsians expect that summer, especially this summer, will be liberating. After being cooped up all winter, carefully cloistering ourselves [Continue]

BEPPLE – Small audience on hand at council meeting a ripple in the pond

July 21, 2021 // 4 Comments

AFTER MONTHS of virtual meetings, this week City of Kamloops again allowed the public to attend council meetings in person. It was a chance for people to see first hand [Continue]

NEWSTROM – Some thoughts while on the way to fight the Sparks Lake fire

July 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

NO BETTA TIME for a letta to my edita. Mel and I went to the same high school down in the South Okanagan. Maybe that’s why he recognizes my writing style. He had better [Continue]