Local Voices

FORSETH – B.C. needs a Social Responsibility Fund for marijuana

July 30, 2018 // 1 Comment

Revenues will need to be directed towards programs that are able to mitigate the issues, and human carnage, that arises from the sale of drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, and even [Continue]

AIR QUALITY – A comparison between 2016 and 2017 of the impact of wildfires

July 29, 2018 // 1 Comment

This is the eighth in a series of reports by Dr. Peter Tsigaris, Professor of Economics, Thompson Rivers University, and Dr. Robert S Schemenauer, Environment Canada Research [Continue]

KNOX – Mamma Mia? Nah, let’s go camping instead

July 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

SHE LOOKED UP from the breakfast table: “I’m having an affair with your brother.” “What?!” “I’m having an affair with your brother.” “Thank heavens,” I [Continue]

PETERS – Vernon shopping cart ban rolls homelessness problem down the road

July 28, 2018 // 2 Comments

IMAGINE BELIEVING you can do something positive for your community by banning shopping carts. That’s just what Vernon did this week, after a business coalition came to [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – When am I dead? it’s not as simple as it might seem

July 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

Different cultures have different beliefs about how to define the difference between life and death WHEN I’M DEAD I won’t be writing these columns. But other than [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kamloops loves Twitter, but not for electoral reform

July 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

I’VE HAD A TWITTER ACCOUNT since 2011. I started using it even more heavily in 2014 when the Kamloops Daily News shut down. I follow politicians and news sources. [Continue]