Local Voices

PETERS – Can we ever appreciate the work of Hollywood sex abusers again?

November 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

IT’S ABOUT TIME we had some good news to trumpet coming from our neighbours to the south. And with the avalanche of sexual assault allegations coming forward against [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – My beef with Canada’s new food guide

November 16, 2017 // 2 Comments

CANADA’S NEW food guide is being influenced by agencies whose chief focus is the consumption of their products, not our health. Food industries and a branch of [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Portugal no rogue state of hippie drug enthusiasts

November 14, 2017 // 1 Comment

LAST WEEK’S column on our failed policies of criminalization and enforcement on drug use, generated a large number of comments with opinions ranging from: “Build [Continue]

GINTA – We’re all guardians of our breathing space

November 13, 2017 // 2 Comments

IF YOU HIKE to the top of Peterson Creek Park on any given day, more so on a cold one, you’ll see a blanket of yellowish, dirty air draped over the valley. This is not new [Continue]

KNOX – New gas bar signals better times for town on the edge of Canada

November 12, 2017 // 1 Comment

PORT RENFREW — Perched way out at the very edge of Canada, Port Renfrew has long enjoyed a mist-shrouded isolation that is both its greatest asset and most serious [Continue]

PETERS – Small town growing pains around parking, gun violence

November 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

KAMLOOPS IS once again teetering on the precipice of becoming a big city, and a lot of its residents would like it to continue being a small town. That juxtaposition is why [Continue]