Local Voices

IN THE HOUSE – ‘When will finance minister answer questions on wildfires?

June 9, 2018 // 1 Comment

House of Commons debate in Question Period on Friday, June 8, 2018. Cathy McLeod, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC Mr. Speaker, a year ago, B.C. suffered the worst wildfires [Continue]

PETERS – In the Gold Trail white privilege debate, both sides are right

June 9, 2018 // 1 Comment

THE DEBATE OVER WHITE PRIVILEGE has reached a tipping point in Ashcroft and Cache Creek. When Gold Trail School District Superintendent Teresa Downs and her administration [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Empty pipelines make good monuments and spill no oil

June 8, 2018 // 1 Comment

THE KINDER MORGAN pipeline should be built for the same reason as the pyramids – as a national monument. The pyramids employed workers but served no practical purpose other [Continue]

BEPPLE – TRU must come to the table to relieve pressure on city’s housing stock

June 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

I LIVE NEAR a bottle depot, so it is not unusual for me to see someone with all their possessions pushing a shopping cart down my street. But Kamloops is small enough, that [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – ‘Why does PM think bonuses for oil executives acceptable?’

June 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

Debate during Question Period on Monday, June 4, 2018 between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer on bonuses paid to Kinder Morgan executives: [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Charlotte Whitton would not have been pleased with ‘Run’ forum

June 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

I’M GOING TO TAKE ON a subject this week that, for an opinion writer, is fraught with peril and affords an even higher degree of risk when said writer is male, white [Continue]