Local Voices

BEPPLE – City’s plan for Thrupp Manor property is something out of the 1950s

August 22, 2018 // 9 Comments

WHO DESERVES to live on riverfront property in Kamloops? It would seem, based on a recent City of Kamloops’ council decision to move forward with a public hearing, that the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Don’t we want City councillors to express their opinions?

August 22, 2018 // 2 Comments

IT LOOKS LIKE SILLY SEASON is officially underway as one city councillor feels the Kamloops Official Community Plan (OCP) would better serve the public if called the [Continue]

GINTA – Smoky skies or not, we can all agree on a few things

August 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

LAST WEEK, DURING a drive from Vancouver, we took a short break in Hope. It was almost 10 o’clock at night and the fire near Agassiz was raging, mountain aglow and the [Continue]

KNOX – Friendliness of locals an unexpected treat for visitors

August 19, 2018 // 1 Comment

FLORIDA’S CARLOS MORALES was driving the unfamiliar streets of Victoria on Monday when he almost collided with another man. Did the man get mad? No, he apologized to [Continue]

PETERS – Walsh right to question city plan on former Thrupp Manor property

August 18, 2018 // 2 Comments

DENIS WALSH COULD BE generously described as a wild card around the Kamloops council table. He often appears not to be on the same page as his council colleagues, and [Continue]

McQUARRIE – How long is too long to be on City council?

August 14, 2018 // 2 Comments

BOB DYLAN DROPPED BY this morning to give me a hand writing today’s column. Okay, okay, maybe dropped by is a bit of an exaggeration but as I began writing, I did have [Continue]