Local Voices

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]

KNOX – Go-go-go-go GOOOAAALLLLLLLL! Get it, Canada?

June 24, 2018 // 1 Comment

‘IT’S FATHER’S Day,” she said. “Let’s celebrate by you mowing the lawn.” “No,” I said, eyes glued to the screen. “The World Cup of Futbol is [Continue]

PETERS – In Batchelor Heights, a job well done

June 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED to almost any neighbourhood in Kamloops. Thursday, it was Batchelor Heights. A storm cell; a lightning strike; and then suddenly, a grass fire racing [Continue]

McLEOD – Government MPs must want to go into hiding for the summer

June 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

PARLIAMENT HAS CONCLUDED another session and as I reflect back there were a number of issues in which all parties found common ground. From standing up for Canada when it [Continue]

BEPPLE – Reducing downtown parking spaces could create ‘sticky streets’

June 20, 2018 // 6 Comments

THE CITY OF KAMLOOPS is revising its 2005 City Centre Plan. Their goal is to create a plan that guides land use for the next 20 years in the centre of the city. The plan [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Oil companies: reminiscent of ’70s tobacco industry

June 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

A RECENT OPINION PIECE in the Financial Post by Gwyn Morgan, founding and now retired CEO of EnCana, tackles the oil/jobs/climate change debate from the perspective of one [Continue]