Local Voices

JOHNSON – Is the Liberal party happy with letting Justin Trudeau fail?

August 27, 2024 // 2 Comments

THERE’S A THOUGHT going around as to why the federal Liberal party in Canada have not pushed for Justin Trudeau to step aside, the same way that Democrats did in the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Remove oil sands from the equation and Canada’s economy is comparable

August 22, 2024 // 2 Comments

THERE HAS BEEN a lot of hand-wringing about the state of Canada’s economy. You would think the sky was falling. But depending on how you measure the economy, it’s not as [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Like all machines, AI must conform to us

August 15, 2024 // 0 Comments

ONE THING I LEARNED from a course I took in industrial design is that tools, machinery and furniture should be designed to work for us. We wouldn’t buy an uncomfortable [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Nurse practitioners should be brought into Health Care Act

August 8, 2024 // 0 Comments

A DRAFT POLICY from the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has caused quite a stir in the medical community. The CMA has identified loopholes where a two-tiered health care [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – I wanted Kamloops on the map but not like this

August 1, 2024 // 7 Comments

WHEN I MOVED HERE, Kamloops was dimly noticed by national media. When noticed at all, we were a “blue collar town,” “400 km west of Vancouver.” It seemed to me that [Continue]

JOHNSON – More short but hot takes on Kamloops traffic and politics

July 28, 2024 // 1 Comment

HOT TAKES for July 2024, another short list of a few annoying/ niggly things that don’t warrant their own column, but are still at the level of … A Hot Take. (See also [Continue]