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PETERS – There are no sacred public spaces, including Riverside Park

December 22, 2018 // 4 Comments

IF YOU HEAD DOWN TO RIVERSIDE PARK on any given summer day, you’re likely to see members of the Kamloops Society for Creative Anachronism, also known as the Shire of [Continue]

BEPPLE – Choppy waters may be ahead as council swerves from its course

December 19, 2018 // 5 Comments

IT IS EARLY DAYS in the new Kamloops City Council, but it seems that there are some choppy waters ahead. One way of thinking about Council is that they are the rudder, and [Continue]

GINTA – Rewarding intolerance for Christmas ‘discrimination’

December 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

TWO DAYS AGO, while on an errand run, I met Michael, the homeless man who always has a smile on. He greeted me with ‘Merry Christmas’. Rather than question his assumption [Continue]

KNOX – A Christmas story in need of a happy ending

December 16, 2018 // 1 Comment

I MISS STUART McLEAN. Or, rather, I miss Dave and Morley, the characters the late CBC Radio storyteller created for The Vinyl Cafe. I miss them even though Dave, an unmade [Continue]

PETERS – A word of support for climate science

December 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

IS THERE ANYTHING MORE IRRITATING on a cold day than the wind throwing knives into your face as you walk outside? Yes there is, actually. It’s the people who sneer, [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kudos to Canada for signing compact on safe migration

December 13, 2018 // 7 Comments

FEDERAL OPPOSITION Leader Andrew Scheer and his band of Conservatives are playing divisive politics at the expense of people seeking asylum in Canada. On Monday, Canada, [Continue]