Local Voices

BEPPLE – Is it time for a change in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding?

August 11, 2021 // 1 Comment

POLITICAL PUNDITS of all stripes are saying there will be a fall election. Locally, in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding, the three major parties have selected their [Continue]

GRAHAM – Health, wealth and common sense: the social contract revisited

August 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONS of civilized society is, surely, the notion of the common good, or the benefits of living other than alone in caves, [Continue]

KNOX – Wildfire reality is slow to sink in outside the B.C. Interior

August 8, 2021 // 4 Comments

I CAN’T THINK of Monte Lake without thinking of the log boom. Wouldn’t want to slip between the logs, my mother said as we drove past. You might not find your way back [Continue]

PETERS – Are we finally ready to agree on climate change?

August 7, 2021 // 1 Comment

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc revelation of unmarked graves near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School site has been said before. It’s not that [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Trump’s great idea: rake the forest floors clean

August 5, 2021 // 1 Comment

FORMER PRESIDENT Donald Trump has come up with another great idea. Everyone agrees that the source of wildfires is the buildup of flammable materials on the forest floor, so [Continue]

BEPPLE – One very important thing is missing from City’s health programs

August 4, 2021 // 3 Comments

AS WE SUFFER through wildfire smoke, and step closer to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, health and all that it entails is more important than ever. Interior Health [Continue]