Local Voices

KNOX – Throwing paint on church doors will do nothing to help Ukraine

March 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

SOMEBODY JUST VANDALIZED St. Sophia’s Orthodox Church in Fairfield, throwing red paint on the front doors. The vandals probably thought they were striking a blow for [Continue]

PETERS – What qualities do you want to see in our next mayor?

March 5, 2022 // 2 Comments

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS out there, so let’s talk about it: who do we want to be the next mayor of Kamloops? By October when this term ends, Ken Christian will have [Continue]

BEPPLE – Governments need to put more budget focus on families

March 2, 2022 // 0 Comments

SCROLLING THROUGH the endless posts on the Russian war on Ukraine, one sees image after image of war. Burned-out buildings, disabled tanks, and Ukrainian soldiers and [Continue]

FORSETH – ‘Never again’ can’t just be a phrase; it has to mean something

March 1, 2022 // 3 Comments

I CAN’T HELP BUT FEEL I am not alone in worrying, and wondering, about what the world can do following the rolling of Russia’s military in to the sovereign and [Continue]

KNOX – A prayer for peace in Ukraine

February 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

FATHER YURIV VYSHNEVSKYY is shovelling snow from his stairs before Thursday morning’s service. What, he is asked, does a priest tell parishioners to do on a day like [Continue]

PETERS – Now we see the true face of tyranny

February 26, 2022 // 2 Comments

ALL THOSE PROTESTERS crying “Tyranny!” should feel pretty sheepish right about now. The occupiers who said they were willing to die to fight a government they felt was [Continue]