Local Voices

JOHNSON – Sooo… are we headed to the polls? Some clues from the past

February 11, 2021 // 1 Comment

By DAVID JOHNSON PEOPLE ARE WONDERING about a potential federal election call, that could come sooner than the Oct. 16, 2023 preordained date. Any chance they can get, [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kamloops needs another, more central, long-term care home

February 10, 2021 // 7 Comments

IT MAY BE FORGOTTEN by many that in 2020 the B.C. provincial government announced an expansion of almost 500 more extended care beds across the province. Of these, 100 beds [Continue]

GINTA – Aging should not mean that we become disposable

February 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

SOME OF MY DEAREST early childhood memories have to do with my maternal grandparents who lived in a separate suite in the home I grew up in. My grandmother passed away when I [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Revenge of social media traders shakes Wall Street

February 8, 2021 // 2 Comments

USERS OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA FORUM REDDIT organized last Wednesday to save the game retailer GameStop from being driven into bankruptcy by hedge fund managers. Wealthy hedge [Continue]

KNOX – Signs of hope, notes of caution among the latest pandemic news

February 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

YOU MIGHT RECALL a December column in which I urged weary readers to maintain COVID discipline, keep their Christmas celebrations small and hang on for what I assured them [Continue]

SCHOOLS – New Parkcrest elementary school will give us a reason to celebrate

February 6, 2021 // 8 Comments

By JENNIFER WHITESIDE Minister of Education WHEN PARKCREST ELEMENTARY in Kamloops was destroyed in a fire in the fall of 2019, students and families were left heartbroken, [Continue]