Local Voices

IN THE LEDGE – How are we to feel safe with more oil being shipped by rail?

November 6, 2018 // 3 Comments

Debate during Question Period in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 between Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone and Environment Minister George Heyman, who took [Continue]

GINTA – Let us always remember all that they did for us

November 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

MY GRANDFATHER was a WWII veteran. He died when I was nine, and so did the stories that he might have been inclined to share. I have old photos of him in uniform, and I know [Continue]

KNOX – Synagogue slaughter proof that hatred is still among us

November 4, 2018 // 2 Comments

SEVEN YEARS AGO, after someone spray-painted ugly black swastikas on five grave markers, I wandered around Victoria’s Jewish cemetery, looking at some of the names. Here [Continue]

PETERS – Kamloops election results should put an end to ward system talk

November 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

WE’RE REALLY NOT ALL THAT DIFFERENT across this city. Kamloops This Week printed a helpful little breakdown this week that showed how different neighbourhoods voted in [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Canada’s Roma have a rich history, including in Kamloops

November 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

THE ROMANI PEOPLE of Canada have been met with both fascination and suspicion. For more than a century, Canadians have been fascinated by the colourful bands of “Gypsies” [Continue]

BEPPLE – Just like any other Kamloops City council meeting – well, not quite

October 31, 2018 // 2 Comments

THIRTY-ONE YEARS IS a long time for anyone to keep the same job. Thirty-one years is an amazingly long time to be an elected local politician. To have the faith and [Continue]