Local Voices

COMPOST CHRONICLES – Chapter 1, do’s and don’t’s of City’s pilot project

September 29, 2021 // 8 Comments

Columnist David Johnson begins a new series of articles today. He explains: Our home was chosen as being on a Kamloops City Composting Pilot Project pick-up route, so this [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – City’s pesticide practices need to be brought into 2021

September 28, 2021 // 8 Comments

By BRONWEN SCOTT Guest Columnist HEY CITY OF KAMLOOPS: The 1950s called — they want their pesticide policy back. And there’s a memo to remind you about your 2019 [Continue]

RUCKERT – Citizens’ assemblies a good way to decide on electoral system

September 27, 2021 // 11 Comments

By GISELA RUCKERT Guest Columnist MEL MAY CALL proportional representation an uninvited guest, but I’m laying out the welcome mat! He is absolutely correct that it’s not [Continue]

PETERS – TRU, City of Kamloops, students all look bad in housing flap

September 25, 2021 // 1 Comment

NO ONE REALLY LOOKS GOOD in the mess with Thompson Rivers University student housing right now — not TRU and not the City of Kamloops. TRU was surprised by the number of [Continue]

JOHNSON – Michaels fly home; China’s judicial system exposed as a sham

September 25, 2021 // 2 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON Guest Columnist IT ALL HAPPENED very quickly. On Friday (Sept. 24, 2021), Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor found themselves in the [Continue]

STONE – Horgan plays the blame game on resolving B.C. nurses shortage

September 24, 2021 // 3 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson WITH EACH PASSING DAY, pressure continues to build on front-line workers at Royal Inland Hospital as a shortage of health care [Continue]