Local Voices

PETERS – On the RIH nurse shortage, Interior Health is lying in bed it made

August 28, 2021 // 1 Comment

NURSES AND SUPPORT STAFF at Royal Inland Hospital — the ones who are left — are scared. They’re scared they are going to get COVID-19 — and they might. They’re [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – How do you feel after starting a disastrous wildfire?

August 26, 2021 // 1 Comment

PEOPLE START MOST wildfires, according to BC Wildfire Service. Few admit it. They must feel awful. Their carelessness caused people to flee for their lives. Livestock and [Continue]

BEPPLE – Expect big Kamloops tax increase to pay for rising policing costs

August 25, 2021 // 1 Comment

THE PRELIMINARY FIGURES for the 2022 City of Kamloops budget haven’t yet come to council, but I’m predicting a large tax increase to offset the increased cost of [Continue]

KNOX – Double-vaxxed? and other questions for the candidates

August 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

FIRST QUESTION for election candidates: Are you double-vaxxed? Second question: If not, is that because A) you have a medical condition that precludes it, or B) you think [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Attitude adjustment would solve our homeless problem

August 19, 2021 // 2 Comments

OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS the homeless is a barrier to solving the problem. The old notion that the poor deserve to be so: if people would just apply themselves, they wouldn’t [Continue]

BEPPLE – Gratitude and thankfulness abound during these grim times

August 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

GRATITUDE AND THANKFULNESS must be inherent human emotions. Both have been in abundance over the last few days and weeks in Kamloops. Checking on social media, here are a few [Continue]