Local Voices

BEPPLE – Do we go with experience, or with some fresh ideas Oct. 21?

October 10, 2019 // 3 Comments

IF ALL IT TOOK WAS EXPERIENCE, either incumbent Conservative Cathy McLeod or Liberal candidate Terry Lake would bound to be the winner in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding [Continue]

GINTA – Food studies versus reality and common sense

October 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

YOU CAN SAFELY FILE IT under ‘Another day, another food study.’ Followed by… now what? Case in point: the recent meat-centered study coming from Dalhousie and McMaster [Continue]

KNOX – In the church of May, hopes are high for a Green wave

October 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

IT WAS ALREADY standing room only in St. Paul’s United by the time Elizabeth May arrived, just in time for the all-candidates’ debate on the environment to begin. [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Eunuchs of social media replace real life with hashtags

October 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

I HAD AN INTERESTING but let’s say weird line of thought the other day. It was about eunuchs and I think most would agree it was an odd thought, given the subject matter. [Continue]

PETERS – Campaign all smear and no substance but it’s not too late

October 5, 2019 // 1 Comment

JOSHUA KNAAK TWEETED THIS WEEK that this might be the worst election in Canadian history — and he might not be wrong. It has been vapid and vaccuous, lacking both [Continue]

STONE – Horgan government is ignoring the needs of B.C. communities

October 4, 2019 // 2 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson LAST WEEK WAS THE UNION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA MUNICIPALITIES (UBCM) conference in Vancouver, an annual event that gives local leaders [Continue]