Local Voices

STONE – NDP government tables a pessimistic and uninspiring budget

March 3, 2023 // 0 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson IF YOU WERE EXPECTING bold action and a bit of hope for the future in the NDP’s seventh budget — David Eby’s first as premier [Continue]

BEPPLE – Even politicians go to school

March 2, 2023 // 2 Comments

THIS WEEK, Kamloops City council is attending the three-day Local Government Leadership Academy in Kelowna. We’re there along with with hundreds of local council members [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Fraser Institute poll shows support for socialism

March 2, 2023 // 1 Comment

THE RIGHT-WING Fraser Institute has released a report that shows support for socialism by Canadians. Why would the defenders of capitalism and the free market produce a [Continue]

FORSETH – B.C. budget takes a surplus and does a financial slight of hand

February 28, 2023 // 2 Comments

I DON’T KNOW what ANYONE could possibly see as a benefit in the latest B.C. Budget, except perhaps those who will be on the receiving end of the NDP gravy train. In [Continue]

KNOX – Should we change the name of British Columbia?

February 26, 2023 // 3 Comments

HOW BRITISH is British Columbia? Not very. Or, at least, not as British as it used to be. The ties between B.C. and Blighty aren’t what they were, even in Victoria, once [Continue]

PETERS – Pineview announcement is great; Kamloops needs more

February 25, 2023 // 2 Comments

THE PROVINCIAL NDP GOVERNMENT missed an opportunity to score some major political points in Kamloops this week when it inexplicably announced approval for a new school in [Continue]