Guest Column

GUEST COLUMN – Surviving on the street in limbo from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

May 31, 2023 // 5 Comments

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?

April 30, 2023 // 0 Comments

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?

March 24, 2023 // 8 Comments

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

February 24, 2023 // 4 Comments

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

February 6, 2023 // 14 Comments

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

January 11, 2023 // 9 Comments

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]