Local Voices

PETERS – It’s no wonder we hear ‘known to police’ so often in news releases

September 15, 2018 // 3 Comments

KAMLOOPS RESIDENTS are getting tired of the phrase, “known to police.” Hearing it mentioned in every crime-related news story elicits groans and eye rolls from [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Are mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’ from a cosmic event?

September 13, 2018 // 1 Comment

THE RADIO TELESCOPE NEAR PENTICTON has detected signals that were sent from some mysterious object billions of light years away, at a time when the Earth was so hot that [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Getting the cold shoulder from City Hall

September 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

LOOKING BACK at past columns and thinking about trends in the comments, messages and emails, I’ve noticed how a number of them seem to come down to issues of accountability [Continue]

GINTA – Stories of fall magic and why we should be part of them

September 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

FALL HAS A SPECIAL place in my heart. When I was a kid, until I left my parents’ home to go to university, as soon as the grapes would start to ripen, I’d go around the [Continue]

KNOX – The ironic spillover effect of halting the Trans Mountain pipeline

September 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

STANDING BESIDE a small array of equipment that, to a layman, looked more suitable to power-washing your driveway than cleaning up after the Exxon Valdez, Canada’s [Continue]

PETERS – Time for Kamloops MLAs to turn their attention from TRU to SD73

September 8, 2018 // 1 Comment

THE LAST SCHOOL TO BE BUILT in the Kamloops-Thompson School District was Pacific Way Elementary in 2000. In the 18 years that have passed since then, there has been a [Continue]