Local Voices

CHARBONNEAU – Who owns the issue of public safety in Kamloops?

June 29, 2023 // 3 Comments

I WENT TO A FORUM at TRU last Wednesday (June 21) expecting to hear a discussion on public safety in Kamloops. Instead, I was faced with a denunciation of federal and B.C. [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – We need more forums like the one held last week

June 26, 2023 // 2 Comments

By TODD MASON Guess Columnist SOMETHING BIG HAPPENED at last week’s community forum on drug supply and recovery. Something human and touching. It was the first time in my [Continue]

FORSETH – How many more nails will be hammered into the coffin of radio?

June 25, 2023 // 4 Comments

I’M ANGRY! Yah … I guess maybe I’m a grumpy old man, although I’m only 68, but is the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) not going to quit until [Continue]

WALSH – The road that led to taxpayers footing Coun. Neustaeter’s legal bill

June 24, 2023 // 11 Comments

CITY OF KAMLOOPS CAO David Trawin stated on the record April 11 that the councillors’ grandstanding on March 17 was a private event held by the councillors as individuals. [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Poilievre’s ‘gatekeepers’ have roots in conservative policies

June 22, 2023 // 1 Comment

WHY WAS Pierre Poilievre in a Toronto subway station talking about the lack of affordable homes? The thread between transit and homes is tenuous. In his video, Poilievre [Continue]

BEPPLE – Strat plan an opportunity for community and City to work together

June 22, 2023 // 1 Comment

THIS WEEK, City of Kamloops City council launched its strategic plan. It’s a road map for what the council wants to accomplish over its 4-year mandate. It will also be used [Continue]