Local Voices

GUEST COLUMN – Make room for respectful, rational discussion on COVID

November 9, 2021 // 3 Comments

By BRONWEN SCOTT Guest Columnist MR. (DAVID) JOHNSON’S tedious diatribe unfairly chastises Coun. Walsh for things he hasn’t said, and repetitively argues a pointless [Continue]

JOHNSON – Halloween fireworks and hooliganism – only in B.C.

November 8, 2021 // 3 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca DURING THIS PAST Halloween, I stumbled across a written line somewhere that floored me, and from there I began a deep dive [Continue]

PETERS – Williams Lake mayor Walt Cobb should resign over Facebook post

November 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

IT’S A SCENARIO familiar to many of us. Your grandfather or elderly uncle starts spouting off at the Thanksgiving table about all that is wrong with the world these days. [Continue]

LETTER – Removing ‘settler’ displays from Royal B.C. Museum is just wrong

November 5, 2021 // 3 Comments

Wednesday (Nov. 3) the Royal B.C. Museum decided to close, and in effect wipe out, an entire part of B.C.’s history [Continue]

CHARBONEAU – Vaccine objectors pay a price for their stand

November 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

WHAT PRINCIPLES do the unvaccinated hold so dearly that they are ready to sacrifice their jobs and face ridicule and scorn? Nurses in Kamloops are giving up the careers that [Continue]

BEPPLE – The many positives of living in the city outweigh the negatives

November 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

AS MUCH AS WE THINK of ourselves as a land of trees, lakes and wilderness, more and more Canadians are an urban people. According to Statistics Canada, in 2001, 81.0 per cent [Continue]