Local Voices

BEPPLE – Helpers will get us through the last part of pandemic restrictions

February 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

‘LOOK FOR THE HELPERS. You will always find people who are helping.” So said Fred Rogers, or Mr. Rogers as he is better known. He didn’t just say it once. Again [Continue]

KNOX – How do we contain auto traffic downtown without cutting off access?

February 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

CALL IT NUMBER NERD Nirvana. Or, depending on your perspective, an alternative to NyQuil. When Statistics Canada unveiled its first set of findings from the 2021 census [Continue]

PETERS – We can all talk about freedom without the dog whistle politics

February 12, 2022 // 1 Comment

ANY COUNTRY’S FLAG should be a symbol of national unity and pride. Unfortunately, current events are chipping away at that symbolism here in Canada. The Canadian flag has [Continue]

JOHNSON – Mr. Walsh, modern data does not a witch hunt make

February 11, 2022 // 2 Comments

WHEREAS I APPRECIATE the first three paragraphs of Coun. Dennis Walsh’s guest column here at the Armchair Mayor, dated Feb. 8, and I definitely echo the kudo’s directed [Continue]

BEPPLE – Local issues, not spending fiasco, will decide next TNRD election

February 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

THIS WEEK, VANCOUVER SUN reporter Vaughn Palmer wrote a column titled “Only voters can lay blame for Thompson-Nicola spending fiasco.” In it, he rightly praised Kamloops [Continue]

WALSH – Pandemic restrictions are no longer useful; end the mandates

February 8, 2022 // 7 Comments

“The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.” – Thomas Paine By DENIS WALSH Kamloops City Councillor I WANT TO EXPRESS my [Continue]