Local Voices

KNOX – Pigeons on Pandora won’t have Sir John A. to perch on any more

August 12, 2018 // 2 Comments

THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME Victoria council has debated moving the Sir John A. statue that stands outside City Hall. It did so 18 years ago, too, except that time, the [Continue]

PETERS – What should you look for in a Kamloops City council candidate?

August 11, 2018 // 3 Comments

LAST MONTH on CFJC Today, Bill McQuarrie talked about what voters can expect in the upcoming election campaign. He got out his crystal ball and predicted certain topics that [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Catching criminals with genetics not invasion of privacy

August 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

TANYA VAN CUYLENBORG’s killer went free for decades until DNA evidence led to his arrest in Washington State. The young Victoria woman’s boyfriend was also killed but [Continue]

FORSETH – Our sad record of intolerance and bigotry continues

August 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

INTOLERANCE, PREJUDICE, bigotry, injustice … all of these are nothing new. They have blemished our past, and they continue to blemish it today. Throughout time [Continue]

BEPPLE – Ordinary people, not politicians, will solve the opioid crisis

August 8, 2018 // 3 Comments

EVERY ONE OF US knows at least one person who has died from a drug overdose in the last few years. A co-worker. A friend’s brother-in-law. A son of another co-worker. A [Continue]

GINTA – When salmon are affected, we all are

August 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

SHORTLY AFTER we moved to Kamloops in August of 2012 we were told of a not-to-miss event unfolding every fall in the Adams river: the annual salmon run, peaking every four [Continue]