Local Voices

MILOBAR – Carbon tax increases shows how out of touch NDP government is

March 22, 2024 // 1 Comment

By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson DESPITE A MAJOR affordability crisis currently gripping British Columbia, the NDP government is proceeding with their planned 23 [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – ‘If standing up for victims means making a fool of myself..’

March 21, 2024 // 1 Comment

Excerpt from debate in the Public Safety Committee on March 11, 2024 involving Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo and other committee members. Caputo was proposing [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Why everyone wants to be Indigenous these days

March 21, 2024 // 1 Comment

NON-INDIGENOUS CANADIANS want to claim Indigenous status for a number of reasons. One of them is to provide a defence in court they wouldn’t otherwise have, and another is [Continue]

FORSETH – With offsetting rebates, what purpose does carbon tax serve?

March 20, 2024 // 1 Comment

TODAY (March 20, 2024) I SHARED a brief commentary on my blog site; it was entitled “What’s the carbon tax about?’ — it was written by former Member of Parliament for [Continue]

SCHOOL BOARD – Naming of new Pineview school a step in reconciliation

March 20, 2024 // 1 Comment

By DIANE JULES Trustee, School District 73 WEYT-KP. I AM A MEMBER of the Adams Lake Band and the daughter of a survivor of the Kamloops Indian Residential School. I am a [Continue]

HAMER-JACKSON – Let’s be clear; social disorder is not the same all over

March 18, 2024 // 3 Comments

This is the address delivered to the annual Kamloops Chamber of Commerce dinner at Thompson Rivers University on Thursday, March 14, 2024 by Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson. By REID [Continue]