Local Voices

BEPPLE – Kamloops economy will have to re-invent itself after COVID-19

April 8, 2020 // 1 Comment

WALKING ALONG VICTORIA STREET in downtown Kamloops is like walking into a ghost town. Store after store is shuttered and closed. On each doorway is a stark notice stating [Continue]

GINTA – Dreaming about better days helps us get through the current one

April 7, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE PEOPLE I KNOW are now unequally divided in two groups. The first, by far the largest, is composed of those who take physical distancing to heart and roll with it the best [Continue]

KNOX – An ode to Dr. Bonnie Henry, on guitar and standup bass

April 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

AS THE VIDEO BEGINS, all you see is Gordon Campbell — no, not THAT Gordon Campbell — standing in his Sidney home with an upright bass. Then Diane Campbell, an [Continue]

FORSETH – Those fractional COVID-19 numbers represent a lot of lives

April 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

DO WE CONTINUE THE TREND WE ARE ON, with government strongly encouraging people to self-isolate, and to maintain two metre spacing when we are out getting what should be [Continue]

STONE – Proud of the thousands who have stepped forward to help others

April 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson I HOPE THIS NOTE finds you safe and sound as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic continues to evolve, impacting thousands of people [Continue]

PETERS – Rendering scrutiny on our public health officer is a tricky game

April 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

OUR PROVINCE’S CHIEF HEALTH OFFICER, Dr. Bonnie Henry, is open to scrutiny and critique just like any public official. You wouldn’t think that’s the case by all the [Continue]