Local Voices

CHARBONNEAU – Tesla’s vision of wireless power transmission now practical

April 8, 2022 // 1 Comment

NIKOLA TESLA was an incredible inventor and futurist. He promoted our modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system at a time when direct current (DC) was being [Continue]

BEPPLE – Mayor’s race already shaping up as an interesting one

April 6, 2022 // 4 Comments

AND THEN there were four. With current councillor Dieter Dudy throwing his hat in the ring for the mayor’s race in the upcoming October municipal election, Kamloops now has [Continue]

MILOBAR – NDP government’s gas-price ‘rebate’ is too little, too late

April 4, 2022 // 3 Comments

By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson COMING FROM SOMEONE who publicly declares, “I don’t understand this affordability stuff,” it’s no surprise that Premier [Continue]

KNOX – Picking up COVID test with a float plane just part of the service

April 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

HERE’S AN EYEBROW-RAISER: federal health authorities just paid for a float plane to pick up a woman’s COVID test from Lasqueti Island. No, this is not an April [Continue]

COLLINS – Climate plan doesn’t cut it

April 2, 2022 // 2 Comments

WE SPEAK, but we don’t do. That pretty much sums up Canada’s $9.1 billion climate plan announced this week in Vancouver by the prime minister. It’s a lot of money, but [Continue]

FORSETH – Raspberry growers latest recipients of government largesse

April 1, 2022 // 5 Comments

THIS WEEK, the BC NDP government of Premier John Horgan announced new funding was going to be made available to raspberry growers for a “replant program.” Said [Continue]