Local Voices

MILOBAR – NDP acted like dismissive parents as they shut off debate on bills

December 4, 2021 // 2 Comments

By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson DO YOU REMEMBER being a kid and trying to argue with your parents when they said “no” to one of your requests? After [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Emily Murphy was a racist but her statue is safe, for now

December 2, 2021 // 1 Comment

EMILY MURPHY and John A. Macdonald were racists but Murphy’s statues won’t come down any time soon. Here’s why. Macdonald may have been one of Canada’s greatest [Continue]

BEPPLE – The dedicated people who saved St. Andrew’s on the Square

December 1, 2021 // 1 Comment

ST. ANDREW’S ON THE SQUARE at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Seymour Street is such an iconic building in Kamloops that we could easily forget that its fate could have [Continue]

KNOX – Leaders damned if they show up at disasters, damned if they don’t

November 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

NATURAL DISASTERS can be disastrous for politicians. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was scorned for shoe-shopping in New York as Hurricane Katrina hammered New Orleans in [Continue]

PETERS – What government can and cannot do in the face of natural disaster

November 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENTS for not properly handling environmental catastrophes — like the one we saw last week — can at times be a little unfair. When Mother Nature truly [Continue]

TEGART – It’s hard to have hope right now but a lot of people are here to help

November 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

By JACKIE TEGART MLA, Fraser Nicola “WHAT YOU ARE COMING HOME TO is a city that’s changed.” Those were the words of Merritt Mayor Linda Brown this week, as she shared [Continue]