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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]

GUEST COLUMN – On being harassed, robbed and shunned

June 8, 2023 // 0 Comments

This is part two of a column about conversations between Kamloops writer Lynne Stonier-Newman and three homeless folks. By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist I MET AGAIN [Continue]

TEGART – Government needs to get its act together on rebuilding of Lytton

June 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

By JACKIE TEGART MLA, Fraser-Nicola MORE THAN 700 DAYS after the community of Lytton burned to the ground, I was hoping to use a column like this one to share the exciting [Continue]

COLLINS – Healthcare – so many cries for help, so little being done

June 4, 2023 // 3 Comments

IF YOU WEREN’T ALREADY AFRAID of where our healthcare system is heading, you should be now. More and more groups are issuing calls of alarm. We’ve already heard [Continue]