Local Voices

VIEWPOINT – It might be time to learn a third language, and it’s not that hard

May 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

SINCE I’M LEARNING Turkish as a third language, I found myself improving very fast in a very short time. In less than a month, I became able to speak, understand, read [Continue]

GINTA – Why slow is good, on the road and beyond

May 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

EVERY TIME I drive to Vancouver I get reminded of a few things. Firstly, that British Columbia is a beautiful place, no matter the season. Though the Coquihalla is a [Continue]

KNOX – Policing’s gone high-tech, but it comes with a price

May 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

EARLY FRIDAY, Victoria police waded into an apartment where a drunken soap opera was in progress. Seems one tenant didn’t like the other tenant’s girlfriend being around [Continue]

PETERS – Spina’s revelation changes everything

May 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

LAST WEEK in this space, I argued against holding a by-election to fill the mayor’s spot on Kamloops council. But things have changed significantly since then, and [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The problem is doctor distribution, not shortage

May 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE NUMBER of doctors in Canada is increasing faster than population growth says Dr. Michael Rachlis on CBC Radio’s The Current: “We’ve been increasing the number of [Continue]

BESLER/ FORSETH – New slices of the political pie but rest are now smaller

May 17, 2017 // 1 Comment

The following piece was co-written by regular columnist Alan Forseth and Ben Besler. “We were both coming at, thinking about, texting similar thoughts — so it [Continue]