Guest Column

GUEST COLUMN – Make room for respectful, rational discussion on COVID

November 9, 2021 // 3 Comments

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

September 28, 2021 // 8 Comments

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

September 27, 2021 // 11 Comments

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

September 19, 2021 // 1 Comment

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

August 30, 2021 // 3 Comments

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]

GUEST COLUMN – Public has chance for a say on changes to B.C. Police Act

August 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist Lynne Stonier-Newman here, author of Policing A Pioneer Province: The British Columbia Provincial Police 1858 – 1950. Writing [Continue]