Local Voices

AJAX – ‘We urge you to take action to suspend the permitting process’

August 18, 2017 // 8 Comments

Kamloops City Coun. Denis Walsh has filed a notice of motion on the environmental assessment process for the proposed Ajax mine. Here’s the full text of the motion, [Continue]

COLLINS – You sure can’t please everyone when it comes to alerts

August 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE CITY of Kamloops put out a news release this week, giving people the latest on the Elephant Hill The wildfire which is slowly creeping towards Kamloops. The idea of the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Cry for Venezuela

August 17, 2017 // 1 Comment

THE DREAM of a socialist Venezuela has turned into a nightmare. It’s depressing to see the disintegration of President Hugo Chávez’s attempt at political reform. [Continue]

FORSETH – Voters are desperate for elected officials to quit with the BS

August 15, 2017 // 2 Comments

TODAY IS a little bit of this … and a little bit of that. In between paying bills and checking our family budget online, a diverted a few times to check out things [Continue]

GINTA – Magic is better under clear skies and in clean air

August 14, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT HAPPENED that we could not easily evade on my husband’s three days off work as most of the clean air destinations were booked. Plus the sky around here got clear on [Continue]

KNOX – On the anniversary of the horror in Nagasaki, a story of survival

August 13, 2017 // 1 Comment

LAST WEEKEND, Rudi Hoenson planted a seedling in Oak Bay. It came from a tree that, improbably, survived a nuclear blast in Japan — just like Rudi himself. You might have [Continue]