Local Voices

PETERS – Proper consultation with indigenous communities the right thing

September 1, 2018 // 2 Comments

THE PAST SIX YEARS have brought quite a roller coaster ride for the Trans Mountain pipeline. The original pipe was completed in 1953, but it was only 2012 when Kinder Morgan [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Normalizing the voices in our heads

August 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

HEARING VOICES is often regarded as a sign of mental illness. But maybe voices are just part of a spectrum. Professor T. M. Luhrmann says the idea of a continuum of voices is [Continue]

BEPPLE – Lange’s business perspective will be missed on City council

August 29, 2018 // 1 Comment

I’M GOING TO MISS Coun. Tina Lange on council. The City of Kamloops election is less than two months away, and for the first time since 2002, Lange won’t be on the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – ‘I’ll say anything needed to get re-elected’

August 28, 2018 // 1 Comment

ALMOST EVERY WEEK I read a comment or have someone tell me how disappointed he or she is with a particular councillor or two. And by way of explanation they say something [Continue]

PETERS – My story is a good example of why Pride parades are still necessary

August 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

I GREW UP A HOMOPHOBE. It’s not easy to say, but that doesn’t make it any less true. It wasn’t so much that I hated gay people; it’s that [Continue]

KNOX – Intrepid soul shows how to step up to nature

August 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

THE BEER COMMERCIALS might pretend otherwise, but Canadians are no longer as connected to the land as they once were. Just 19 per cent of us live somewhere rural. That’s [Continue]