Local Voices

HEIGHTON – Road is long and winding on street issues, not insurmountable

May 10, 2019 // 1 Comment

By JEREMY HEIGHTON Executive Director, North Shore BIA THIS PAST WEEK, I and Bryce Herman, our President, attended the annual Business Improvement Association of B.C. [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Persuade, don’t malign anti-vaxxers

May 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

IF WE REALLY WANT TO convince parents to vaccinate their children, name-calling and vilification is not the way to go. Yet, that seems to be a common tactic. You don’t have [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – Whole story needs to be told about B.C.’s carbon tax

May 8, 2019 // 4 Comments

Excerpt from a speech by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod in the House of Commons on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. WE OFTEN HEAR members in the House hold up British [Continue]

BEPPLE – Women’s hockey in Canada is in need of our support at all levels

May 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

NOW THAT THERE are no Canadian hockey teams in the Stanley Cup finals, it appears that hockey may not be the only sport around. The elimination of the Toronto Maple Leafs [Continue]

GINTA – Spring brings memories of cherished stories from lilac town

May 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

OUR FIRST SPRING in Kamloops, back in 2013, came with a big surprise: lilacs! Everywhere you looked and lots of them, from majestic old trees to wee starter shrubs: We had [Continue]

McQUARRIE – All-talk, no-action complainers always pointing fingers

May 5, 2019 // 1 Comment

LET’S TALK ABOUT WHY really rich people paying for the restoration of the Notre Dame Cathedral might be the best plan going. And while we’re doing that, let’s [Continue]