Local Voices

STONE – After a tough year in 2021, let’s approach 2022 with optimism

December 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson and PETER MILOBAR MLA. Kamloops-North Thompson AS THE BC LIBERAL MLAs for Kamloops and the Thompson Valleys, we thank you for [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – China tries to take the separatist out of Tibetan children

December 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

CHINA COULD LEARN from Canada’s mistaken attempt to “take the Indian out of the child,” as John A. Macdonald put it. Now China is repeating Canada’s folly by trying [Continue]

BEPPLE – Shuffling homeless out of town won’t solve the housing problem

December 15, 2021 // 3 Comments

PETTY CRIME and public drug use are on the rise. Residents and businesses alike are more and more frustrated and unsettled by anti-social behaviour in Kamloops. Something [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Long battle over prof’s firing continues with new twists

December 10, 2021 // 2 Comments

THE PLOT THICKENS as Steven Galloway’s war drags on. The award-winning Kamloops author never imagined that his career would become mired in a warzone similar to the one [Continue]

DUDY – First step to community health is everyone being on the same page

December 8, 2021 // 3 Comments

By DIETER DUDY City Councillor, Kamloops AS WE ENTER the holiday season, we are bombarded with the aspirational phrase of “Peace on Earth, goodwill to all men.” While I [Continue]

BEPPLE – Beating COVID is a little like shovelling snow from our sidewalks

December 8, 2021 // 3 Comments

ALL I CAN SAY IS that I’m glad I live on a city block where people shovel their sidewalks. When I look up and down the street, from one end of the block to the other, the [Continue]