GUEST COLUMN – On being harassed, robbed and shunned
This is part two of a column about conversations between Kamloops writer Lynne Stonier-Newman and three homeless folks. By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist I MET AGAIN [Continue]
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GUEST COLUMN – Surviving on the street in limbo from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist Lynne Stonier-Newman here, sharing the realities of three people I met last Wednesday. I’d nervously rolled into Gaglardi park [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – Twenty years later, where did the Four Pillars go?
By BOB HUGHES CEO, ASK Wellness Society OUR COMMUNITIES are being ripped apart from the inside out. Across the province, the impacts of the toxic drug supply are demonstrated [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – How can mayor get anywhere in this hostile environment?
By BRONWEN SCOTT Guest Columnist AT TUESDAY’S SPECIAL MEETING, councillors were incensed that the mayor invoked Section 141 of the BC Community Charter to appoint [Continue]
WALSH – Councillors put obstacles in front of people wanting to talk to them
By DENIS WALSH ArmchairMayor.ca contributor ON A LOCAL RADIO SHOW last week, Coun. Dale Bass justified her recent notice of motion by saying it would “Keep communication [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – Why all the conflict? City Hall antics are a bit bush league
By DENIS WALSH IS OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION operating under a double standard? And did Coun. Neustaeter intend to be so blatant with her not-so-veiled threat? Aren’t recent [Continue]
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]
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]
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