PETERS – Blazers pride night a great step forward for inclusion
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED after the Kamloops Blazers hosted a pride night on Wednesday: nothing. Well, nothing regressive and toxic, as far as we can tell. The Blazers wore [Continue]
Local Voices
GUEST COLUMN – How can mayor get anywhere in this hostile environment?
By BRONWEN SCOTT Guest Columnist AT TUESDAY’S SPECIAL MEETING, councillors were incensed that the mayor invoked Section 141 of the BC Community Charter to appoint [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Bring private clinics into the healthcare fold
WITH NO WALK-IN CLINICS in many cities such as Kamloops, the last thing the B.C. government needs to do is crack down on existing private ones. They should be integrated into [Continue]
McQUARRIE – Caution – Danger, Children At Work
IT HAS BECOME OBVIOUS, at least to an outsider, that power, control, and public spectacle have replaced substance, good government, and management at Kamloops City Hall. As [Continue]
COLLINS – Water conservation is a huge problem
ACTUALLY, the title could well say “water preservation” is critical in these modern times. The Nature Conservancy of Canada says Canada has the third-most fresh water of [Continue]
KNOX – Herring only live in memories of fishing from the Craigflower Bridge
IT USED TO GET chaotic on the old, narrow Craigflower Bridge. In the 1980s, the fishermen crowded the railing shoulder-to-shoulder, elbow-to-reel from one shore to the other, [Continue]
