Guest Column

GUEST COLUMN – Democracy is threatened by the very people it serves

April 26, 2021 // 5 Comments

By PIERCE GRAHAM Kamloops PROBABLY SINCE its very beginning in early Greece, and later in the minds of the 18th century philosophers, the concept of democracy has been [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – How about a pesticide moratorium until we have a plan?

April 3, 2021 // 3 Comments

By BRONWEN SCOTT IT’S NOT JUST the TNRD. The city pesticide issue shows Kamloops councillors need to demand full disclosure from their administration as well. The City has [Continue]

SCHOOLS – New Parkcrest elementary school will give us a reason to celebrate

February 6, 2021 // 8 Comments

By JENNIFER WHITESIDE Minister of Education WHEN PARKCREST ELEMENTARY in Kamloops was destroyed in a fire in the fall of 2019, students and families were left heartbroken, [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Next time you curse ICBC, look at the immensity of it

December 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

By PIERCE GRAHAM Kamloops I RECENTLY RENEWED my auto insurance, and also had to visit the ICBC main office in Kamloops to replace a lost Driver’s Licence. The visit was [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Trying to untangle the logic of grocery store names

December 7, 2020 // 3 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON Guest columnist THERE’S A PHENONENON happening in our midst. It isn’t about some pandemic related concern, or anything to do with circumstances [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Churches unqualified to set their own rules on pandemic

December 3, 2020 // 6 Comments

By PIERCE GRAHAM A RECENT NEWSPAPER ITEM caught my eye, reporting that various churches in the B.C. lower Fraser Valley had officially and publicly rejected recommendations [Continue]