Local Voices

JOHNSON – Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour was all about effectively marketing a story

December 12, 2024 // 2 Comments

SO THE TAYLOR SWIFT Eras tour is over … its been a long one, totalling 149 shows over 21 months – that’s a show every 4.2 days – playing 51 cities in 21 countries. [Continue]

FORSETH – Trying to sort out the math of B.C. government’s job numbers

December 9, 2024 // 0 Comments

WHILE THE B.C. GOVERNMENT crows about having a lower unemployment rate than the national average, I am confused by the statics, regarding NEW jobs in the private sector. [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Do we really believe we’re responsible for our own actions?

December 9, 2024 // 10 Comments

By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist “YOUR ACTIONS are within your own control.” Gosh, Mel, I would like to agree with that statement you made in your Dec. 3 [Continue]

FORSETH – Without a strong local presence, there is NO reason for anyone to tune in to (local?) radio

December 5, 2024 // 11 Comments

LOCAL HOMETOWN RADIO IS DYING … and without serious measures put in place, it will likely never see the light of day again. For well over four decades, the Canadian Radio [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – New health care clinic in Kamloops is a good start

December 5, 2024 // 2 Comments

THE NEW URGENT and primary care centre is just what the doctor ordered. And what patients have been clamouring for. Associations representing family doctors in British [Continue]

FORSETH – Cost of new shelter for the homeless is way out of whack

December 1, 2024 // 6 Comments

A STORY by Levi Landry, just the other day in InfoNews, stated: A former Kamloops RV dealership on the North Shore is poised to spend the next two years as a homeless shelter [Continue]