GUEST COLUMN – Fear of proportional representation is irrational
By GISELA RUCKERT Fair Vote Kamloops IT’S A NEW YEAR, but Mel Rothenburger keeps issuing the same old bad takes on proportional representation. The latest one is [Continue]
Guest Column
KYLLO – Leaving vulnerable people out in the cold is simply inhumane
By GREG KYLLO MLA, Shuswap COLD, WET, WINTER WEATHER may be an inconvenience for most of us, but for unhoused individuals in our communities it can lead to serious injury and [Continue]
GRAHAM – Pierre Poilievre and the celebration of Canadian diversity
By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist SOME THOUGHTS OFFERED, if gratuitously, on the political phenomenon known as Pierre Poilievre. Like most westerners, I am accustomed to [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – Is it time to ask for Canadian Forces medics?
By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES’ established medical services are collapsing. Emergency wards in their hospitals are repeatedly being [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – Why was the RIH emergency ward out of pillows?
By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist HELLO, Lynne Stonier-Newman here, a social marketing and communication consultant, and a B.C. historian and author. During the past [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – Hospital is on fire as staffing shortage in full crisis
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]
WALSH – Pandemic restrictions are no longer useful; end the mandates
“The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.” – Thomas Paine By DENIS WALSH Kamloops City Councillor I WANT TO EXPRESS my [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – Our focus on mental health shouldn’t be limited to one day
By GREG KYLLO MLA, Shuswap THIS WEEK WE MARKED Bell Let’s Talk Day, which raises awareness of mental health issues as well as funds for mental health initiatives across [Continue]
SARAI – A New Year’s resolution to lobby for more effective crime-fighting
By BILL SARAI City councillor, Kamloops IN MY FIRST council column of the year, I would like to wish everyone a very happy and healthy new year. As most people start the year [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – Make room for respectful, rational discussion on COVID
By BRONWEN SCOTT Guest Columnist MR. (DAVID) JOHNSON’S tedious diatribe unfairly chastises Coun. Walsh for things he hasn’t said, and repetitively argues a pointless [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – City’s pesticide practices need to be brought into 2021
By BRONWEN SCOTT Guest Columnist HEY CITY OF KAMLOOPS: The 1950s called — they want their pesticide policy back. And there’s a memo to remind you about your 2019 [Continue]
RUCKERT – Citizens’ assemblies a good way to decide on electoral system
By GISELA RUCKERT Guest Columnist MEL MAY CALL proportional representation an uninvited guest, but I’m laying out the welcome mat! He is absolutely correct that it’s not [Continue]
WALSH – We need to respect each other during these tense COVID times
By DENIS WALSH City Councillor, Kamloops AS A CITY COUNCILLOR, I have seen the extreme tensions, emotions and overt hostilities that have arisen in Kamloops in various ways [Continue]
GRAHAM – A response to those who criticize our school system
By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist AS A RETIRED secondary school English teacher and vice-principal, I have seldom passed up an opportunity to respond to publicly aired [Continue]
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