Local Voices

GUEST COLUMN – Public has chance for a say on changes to B.C. Police Act

August 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist Lynne Stonier-Newman here, author of Policing A Pioneer Province: The British Columbia Provincial Police 1858 – 1950. Writing [Continue]

JOHNSON – Doing away with snap elections would be almost impossible

August 17, 2021 // 2 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON SO HERE WE ARE, a federal election called, a Governor General visit done, we vote again on Sept 20. Lovely. At a time where the BC Wildfire Service becomes [Continue]

WILDFIRES – From the perspective of a BC Wildfire Service incident commander

August 14, 2021 // 8 Comments

The following was posted as a series of tweets by Kamloops-based incident commander Kyle Young: My name is Kyle Young and I am an Incident Commander with the #BCWildfire [Continue]

PETERS – It’s time to strike up the band again in Kamloops

August 14, 2021 // 1 Comment

THE MOST STRINGENT COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted and we’re beginning to do things in large groups again. It’s not to everyone’s comfort, but we’re starting [Continue]

GINTA – Resiliency, self-reliance are not outlandish concepts; they’re necessary

August 13, 2021 // 2 Comments

IT IS SAID that there are at least two sides to every story. The story of the fire that burned through the Monte Lake community and the Paxton Valley is one of them and it is [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The fungus among us: the next pandemic

August 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

I THOUGHT we were friends. You help me make beer, wine, bread and kombucha. We help you spread your spores by clearing land for crops and housing. We warm the climate to make [Continue]