Local Voices

BEPPLE – Shining a light on the vulnerability of those in extended care homes

April 15, 2020 // 2 Comments

MANY YEARS AGO, I wrote a song about residents in an extended care home. The chorus goes like this: “I’m not dead yet, I’m not going leave, I’m not going ‘til [Continue]

GINTA – Being kind is always the better option

April 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

MANY YEARS AGO, I found this piece of driftwood – a plank just wide enough and long enough to write a short something on, and that something was one of my favourite [Continue]

KNOX – Don’t give in to temptation; stay home and stay the course

April 12, 2020 // 3 Comments

IT WOULD BE DUMB, at this point, to jump out of the lifeboat and start swimming back to the Titanic. That is, we in B.C. have done an admirable job of following instructions, [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Some people still think the COVID-19 pandemic is a hoax

April 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH OF COVID-19 is that it’s going to kill millions. That reality is slowly dawning on a majority of Canadians as the virus moves closer to home. However [Continue]

MEHTA – Next-generation solar panels boost efficiency but may carry toxic risks

April 8, 2020 // 2 Comments

By MICHAEL D. MEHTA Thompson Rivers University AS OUR PLANET RACES towards a climate emergency, there is hope from some people that renewable energy will come to the rescue. [Continue]

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]