Local Voices

PETERS – Walsh right to question city plan on former Thrupp Manor property

August 18, 2018 // 2 Comments

DENIS WALSH COULD BE generously described as a wild card around the Kamloops council table. He often appears not to be on the same page as his council colleagues, and [Continue]

McQUARRIE – How long is too long to be on City council?

August 14, 2018 // 2 Comments

BOB DYLAN DROPPED BY this morning to give me a hand writing today’s column. Okay, okay, maybe dropped by is a bit of an exaggeration but as I began writing, I did have [Continue]

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]