Local Voices

PETERS – Instead of rushing to judgment, how about human empathy?

October 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

IF WE WANT TO HEAL OUR PUBLIC DISCOURSE, we all need to try demonstrating some more human empathy. Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. A couple of stories from the past [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Kamloops should follow Calgary and bring back fluoride

October 28, 2021 // 2 Comments

ONE OF THE THINGS that appealed to me about Kamloops when I moved here in 1981 was its water. Kamloops water had been fluoridated since 1961. At the time, Calgary’s water [Continue]

BEPPLE – Real change on climate change begins right here at home

October 27, 2021 // 1 Comment

FROM OCT. 31 TO NOV. 12, the most important meetings of our times will happen in Glasgow, Scotland. There, COP26, which means 26th Conference of the Parties, will occur. [Continue]

FORSETH – Sick of all the self-righteous BS about saving the planet

October 26, 2021 // 6 Comments

TODAY, AMONGST the many media releases I receive on a daily basis, came one from the BC Government’s Environment Ministry [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – We’ve got to change the way we prepare for and fight wildfires

October 26, 2021 // 1 Comment

Comments by Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 during debate on a motion by Cariboo-Chilcotin Liberal MLA Lorne Doerkson [Continue]

STONE – When people need an ambulance, they need it now

October 23, 2021 // 3 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson ON THE EVENING of Oct. 9, 2021, Kamloops resident Sue Mark was beyond worried. Her mother had fallen and Sue was concerned she may [Continue]