Local Voices

PETERS – Better ways to thank wildfire volunteers than a monument

June 30, 2018 // 1 Comment

HERE AT TWO AND OUT, we’re all about saying thank-you to those who help out during devastating wildfires. We do it with some kind words and, if the opportunity presents [Continue]

FORSETH – Three good questions about proportional representation in B.C.

June 29, 2018 // 12 Comments

Really, do you go out and purchase an unknown bag of goods, when you go to the store, and then wait until you get home to see what they’ve given you? OKAY … there [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – New Zealand’s experience with electoral reform

June 28, 2018 // 1 Comment

I SAT DOWN with Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008, to talk about her country’s experience with electoral reform. She was in Kamloops on June 21 [Continue]

BEPPLE – Time we see ourselves for who we are – Kamloops is a railway town

June 27, 2018 // 5 Comments

KAMLOOPS IS a railway town. There’s no two ways about it. CP Rail and CN Rail meet here, the first place west of Winnipeg. Both CP and CN have reload yards here as [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The American tyrant and the rise of racism in Canada

June 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

“HEY LADY, did your white husband meet you online?” A random and unprovoked question directed towards a family member of mine living in Alberta. She’s Canadian, has [Continue]

GINTA – The Kamloops Farmers’ Market – 40 years of flavours and goodness

June 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

ON THURSDAY, I was sure my column was to focus on the increased frequency of road accidents, some of which are likely due to distracted driving. A cyclist critically injured [Continue]