Local Voices

PETERS – Katherine McParland’s cause of death doesn’t tarnish her legacy

March 26, 2022 // 1 Comment

A WORD OF ADVICE to the people of Kamloops: do not let anyone put anything but respect on the name of Katherine McParland. The coroner’s report into McParland’s death was [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Ukraine could become the theatre of a proxy war

March 24, 2022 // 1 Comment

DESPITE DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR on the part of President Putin, Russia is no longer a superpower. Putin imagines a restoration of the glorious Soviet Union when it spanned [Continue]

BEPPLE – More data needed on Kamloops Fire Rescue medical calls

March 23, 2022 // 3 Comments

DATA IS A CORE to good policy for cities. We see it again and again from the simplest to the most complex. When cities want to make road changes, they measure [Continue]

JOHNSON – Light debate brings out the anti-LED lobby groups

March 22, 2022 // 2 Comments

LAST WEEK there was an Armchair Mayor/ CFJC column, regarding LED street lighting. This week, there was a response letter to that column from a Softlights.org organization. [Continue]

FORSETH – Does the Conservative Party need a pit bull as leader?

March 21, 2022 // 2 Comments

DOES A PIT BULL or bulldog make as good a leader – or even more importantly prime minister – as they do in the role of Opposition party critic? That’s a question that [Continue]

KNOX – A key question for Ukrainian influx: how will it be paid for?

March 20, 2022 // 1 Comment

AT VICTORIA’S UKRAINIAN Cultural Centre, they just sent over money to buy 25 bulletproof vests for paramedics back in the old country. Now they brace for the flood [Continue]