Local Voices

GINTA – The antidote to Internet challenges is presence — the real kind

March 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

LIKE ALL PARENTS with school-age children, I received the district heads-up letter about the Momo challenge. By now most have are familiar with the strange, creepy face of [Continue]

McQUARRIE – We need to do something about the direction the Titanic is taking

March 3, 2019 // 3 Comments

YOUR COMMENTS ON my last column about day-care and taxation showed a unity of mind I wasn’t quite expecting. Yes, there was the expected, ‘Not my problem, not with my [Continue]

PETERS – Interior Health should take responsibility for maternity snafu

March 2, 2019 // 1 Comment

FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE are settling in the towns where they grew up nowadays. And when they look for a place to live long term — maybe start a family — they will choose a [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Mexico could ease Canada’s cannabis problem

March 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE PLAN TO DRIVE illegal cannabis growers out of business is going slowly. The problem is supplying enough legal cannabis to lower retail prices. Eventually illegal sellers [Continue]

BEPPLE – If City councillors add evening meetings, they should be paid more

February 27, 2019 // 3 Comments

CITY OF KAMLOOPS Coun. Dale Bass has found out that City council meets on Tuesdays during the day, and she wants to change it. Actually, she knew it all along, from her years [Continue]

GINTA – Search and Rescue funding must be included in budget planning

February 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

I HAVE NEVER been in a situation where I had to be rescued by one of the SAR groups in our province. But like everyone else, I have been hearing and reading a lot of stories [Continue]