Local Voices

PETERS – We should all be so lucky to have a mom like Sue Simpson

February 13, 2021 // 0 Comments

ON JUNE 19, 2016, Jessie Simpson almost died by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. For the transgression of trespassing, the boy was bludgeoned with in an inch of [Continue]

STONE – B.C.’s economic recovery must be led by private sector jobs

February 12, 2021 // 2 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson IT’S NO SECRET that B.C.’s economy is reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest figures from Statistics Canada show [Continue]

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]