Local Voices

CHARBONNEAU – We are ambivalent about fighting climate change

November 16, 2023 // 8 Comments

EVEN AS THE CLIMATE emergency grows, Canadians are becoming ambivalent. The threat is clear. Oceans are hotter than any time in the last 2,000 years. Conditions are ripe for [Continue]

PETERS – Even if demand drops, City of Kamloops should pick up organics weekly throughout the winter

November 11, 2023 // 0 Comments

THE CITY OF KAMLOOPS has a chicken-and-egg problem with its organics recycling program — which, coincidentally, accepts both chicken and eggs. Many residents didn’t know [Continue]

WALSH – Has fiscal responsibility gone out of style at the City council table?

November 11, 2023 // 9 Comments

IF YOU OWNED a piece of land you weren’t using, would you sell it at a 75 per cent discount so your neighbour could add it to their property, then subdivide for profit? Our [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – City councillors are at it again with their latest media release

November 10, 2023 // 4 Comments

By BRONWEN SCOTT Guest Columnist OUR CITY COUNCILLORS seem to be at it again. The councillors announced in a media release Nov. 9 that they will hold a future closed meeting [Continue]

STONE – B.C. needs a plan to deliver the relief that people need and deserve

November 9, 2023 // 1 Comment

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson AS B.C.’S COST OF LIVING continues to increase, so does the need for family-supporting jobs. British Columbians want to be [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Safer Supply program should be expanded but not to non-prescriptions

November 9, 2023 // 6 Comments

IN A PERFECT WORLD, giving people a safe alternative to deadly drugs would be a no-brainer. If clean water was offered to people who only had dirty water to drink, who would [Continue]