Local Voices

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]

JOHNSON – Supreme Court says cities are liable for poor snow clearing

October 23, 2021 // 1 Comment

By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca THE SUPREME COURT of Canada has unanimously ruled that municipal governments are not immune from snow removal negligence and [Continue]

PETERS – Even non-cannabis users should be concerned about tax sharing

October 23, 2021 // 1 Comment

EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT a recreational cannabis user, you should be concerned about how our governments are handling legal weed. Here’s why. Three years ago, Canada legalized [Continue]