Local Voices

WALSH – Forum on crime and social disorder offers a chance to engage

June 16, 2023 // 1 Comment

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for a good old-fashioned forum where people come out from behind their keyboards and talk to each other face to face. This Wednesday (June 21) at the TRU [Continue]

BEPPLE – After a turbulent week, a hope for a return to normalcy at City Hall

June 16, 2023 // 2 Comments

JUST WHEN NORMALCY seems to return at City Hall, things go off the rails again. On Tuesday, City of Kamloops council finished our meeting in two hours. In years past, this [Continue]

O’REILLY – The big question: are mayor and council getting anything done?

June 15, 2023 // 3 Comments

By MIKE O’REILLY Kamloops City Councillor “THIS COUNCIL has lost its way.” I remember reading this exact comment on a social media post in November of 2018. Fast [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The risk of extinction from AI is much overblown

June 15, 2023 // 0 Comments

A GAGGLE OF TECH GIANTS warn in a letter that the sky is falling and that Artificial Intelligence, specifically generative AI, is to blame. There are wild speculations that [Continue]

PETERS – Little chance a community forum would be constructive

June 10, 2023 // 2 Comments

IF MAYOR REID HAMER-JACKSON gets his wish to hold a large community town hall meeting, I will not be volunteering to moderate. Unlike the Armchair Mayor, I don’t see any [Continue]

BEPPLE – ‘Intimate partner violence’ needs more of our attention

June 8, 2023 // 1 Comment

WHEN WE TALK of crime in Kamloops, we often think of break and entering, vehicle thefts, and assaults. One that sometimes isn’t mentioned as much as it should be is [Continue]