Local Voices

NEUSTAETER – Room for improvement in communicating police incidents

February 19, 2019 // 1 Comment

By KATIE NEUSTAETER CFJC Today A SIGNIFICANT POLICE INCIDENT incident played out in my neighbourhood on Thursday morning last week at a home within a five-minute walk of our [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The question inevitably arises, ‘Who’s going to pay for it?’

February 17, 2019 // 6 Comments

“WHO’S GOING to pay for it?” It’s the battle cry of many when it comes to ideas that would improve society and if I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard this, [Continue]

KNOX – Great Bear Rainforest film a ‘catalyst for conversation’

February 17, 2019 // 2 Comments

IAN McALLISTER’S new Great Bear Rainforest film isn’t just an Imax movie. It’s an international awareness project meant to help save a breathtaking, fragile [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Taxpayers or ratepayers – who pays Hydro’s debt?

February 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

FOR DECADES, B.C. governments have hidden the true cost of BC Hydro rates — but especially the BC Liberals. Under the direction of the BC Liberals, the Crown utility used [Continue]

PETERS – Kamloops won’t end up with as many cannabis shops as it seems

February 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

HOW MANY FLOWER STORES do we have in Kamloops? How many coffee shops or shoe stores? You don’t know, do you? That’s understandable. But by now, you are probably [Continue]

O’REILLY – The shocking truth about Kamloops’ love affair with automobiles

February 16, 2019 // 2 Comments

OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, Kamloops’ newly elected council has been going through a rigorous orientation that has included nearly 50 hours of facility tours, education [Continue]