Local Voices

NEUSTAETER – City council isn’t about entertainment, it’s about work

June 26, 2024 // 13 Comments

By KATIE NEUSTAETER Councillor, City of Kamloops FIRST, LET’S ADDRESS the elephant in the room. If you’re hoping for a column from me as deputy mayor that spotlights [Continue]

SCHOOLS – Annual district Powwow a day of celebration and learning

June 24, 2024 // 0 Comments

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

CHARBONNEAU – Big governments in the West look to success in China

June 21, 2024 // 0 Comments

IN 1978, CHINA LOOKED to the West for industrial policy and implemented capitalism as a method of reform. Now the West is looking to China’s big government model of [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – ‘Do you know the names of these people, yes or no?’

June 16, 2024 // 1 Comment

Excerpts from Public Safety Committee meeting of June 6, 2024: Frank Caputo (Conservative), Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC Thank you. I appreciate all of the witnesses for [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Kamloops’ rating of high wildfire risk is doubtful

June 13, 2024 // 0 Comments

WHY WOULD a small Toronto-based insurance broker release arcane data that shows Kamloops to be at highest risk of wildfires — in all of Canada? BC Wildfire Service fire [Continue]

JOHNSON – A few short but hot takes on traffic and politics

June 9, 2024 // 11 Comments

A NEW FEATURE for this column, a short list on a few annoying / niggly things that don’t warrant their own column, but still at the level of … A Hot Take. Downtown [Continue]