Local Voices

IN THE LEDGE – Monte Lake-Paxton residents ask for help, not for handouts

October 20, 2021 // 2 Comments

Remarks by Kamloops-South Kamloops MLA Todd Stone in the B.C. Legislature on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021: T. Stone: This is a story of resilience. Unless you’ve lived [Continue]

BEPPLE – Our civic politicians are starting to reflect diverse backgrounds

October 20, 2021 // 1 Comment

WHEN TERRY LAKE was elected as mayor in Kamloops in 2005, I don’t recall the lead in the news stories calling him British. This despite the fact that he was born in [Continue]

COMPOST CHRONICLES – Chapter 2: The business model and compostable bags

October 18, 2021 // 4 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON ArmchairMayor.ca Contributor This is the next installment of the ongoing Chronical of the Kamloops City Composting Pilot Project. This year I will be sharing [Continue]

CITY ISSUES – Councillor, Facebook page host square off over hotel purchase

October 16, 2021 // 1 Comment

A tense exchange erupted yesterday (Oct. 15, 2021) between Coun. Dale Bass and Jesse Ritcey, who hosts the Kamloops Dialogue Nexus page on Facebook. The topic was the [Continue]

PETERS – Vaccine debate: Irresistible force versus the immovable object

October 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

MY FAVOURITE STORY OF THE WEEK was the one about Sadie, the sales-Husky. If you didn’t see it, the online story was about a wonderful, weird-looking dog who photobombs her [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The possibilities for exemption from vaccine mandates range from nil to zero

October 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

AS VACCINE MANDATES become normal across Canada, detractors are looking for ways to avoid the vaccination. Excuses range from medical exemption to what they hope are [Continue]