Local Voices

GINTA – Let’s put the issue of school bus safety on Santa’s list

December 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

A FEW DAYS AGO, a school bus carrying ten youth and two adults was involved in an accident near Cache Creek. Fortunately, everyone survived; one person had critical, but [Continue]

PETERS – New Coquihalla chain-up rules won’t stop the rule-breakers

December 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

STRICT NEW RULES meant to make high mountain highways in BC safer may have missed the point. Much smaller vehicles will now be required to use chains in lieu of winter-rated [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Big Food versus Canada’s Food Guide

November 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

THE INTERESTS OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY don’t always coincide with healthy eating. What’s at stake is Canada’s new food guide. It’s a big deal. Canada’s Food Guide is [Continue]

BEPPLE – Looking for a 42-year-old (or younger) to represent us in Ottawa

November 30, 2018 // 5 Comments

THE AVERAGE AGE in Kamloops is 42, as is the British Columbia average. So, at 55 years old, I’m at the point in my life, like many others, where well over half the people [Continue]

GINTA – Let’s never give up on making people’s lives better

November 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

IT’S 4 A.M. ON SATURDAY. I wake up thirsty and amble my way into the kitchen, fill a glass with water and drink it to the last drop. I return to bed and snuggle back [Continue]

MILOBAR – ‘There’s a very big lack of confidence in this process’

November 26, 2018 // 9 Comments

A statement in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 on the recent municipal election campaign and the current referendum on proposed electoral change. P. Milobar: It [Continue]