Local Voices

PETERS – Minos’ proclamation drew a line in the sand — and most customers are on the other side

May 15, 2021 // 1 Comment

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING that the life of a restaurant owner is not a lot of laughs right now — but for anyone who owns a Kamloops Greek restaurant not named Minos, life just [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Languishing: the malaise of our pandemic times

May 13, 2021 // 0 Comments

OUR JOURNEY through this pandemic is unprecedented in modern times. We won’t know what the exact effects of the pandemic will be until it’s over. Meanwhile, [Continue]

BEPPLE – Police words like ‘targeted’ are scant comfort when bullets are flying

May 12, 2021 // 2 Comments

IN RECENT WEEKS, there has been a rash of brazen killings in the Lower Mainland. Again and again, people are being gunned down and killed, often in very public places, in [Continue]

PETERS – For the Snowbirds, returning to Kamloops was a tough manoeuvre

May 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

FOR MOST OF US, Kamloops envelopes our entire life. The mention of the city’s name evokes thoughts of family, thoughts of work and memories of a place that, for better or [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Get the carbon out of natural gas

May 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

TURNING NATURAL GAS INTO HYDROGEN might sound like the alchemist’s dream of turning lead into gold but the technology has been around for decades.It’s long been the dream [Continue]

BEPPLE – Smaller lots, greater density should take priority over urban sprawl

May 5, 2021 // 2 Comments

STRONG SALES of housing in Kamloops continues, along with record housing prices. The latest year-to-date sales posted show year-to-date home sales in 2021 up 67.2 per cent [Continue]