Local Voices

CHARBONNEAU – Smith’s win will make it harder for Alberta to recruit workers

October 21, 2022 // 1 Comment

‘ALBERTA IS CALLING,’ is the province’s marketing campaign. It hypes lower taxes, housing affordability, shorter commutes and proximity to the Rocky Mountains. [Continue]

STONE – Where is David Eby on the prolific offenders file?

October 14, 2022 // 3 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, David Eby has fended off opposition questions about repeat criminal offenders by telling us to patiently wait [Continue]

GRAHAM – Pierre Poilievre and the celebration of Canadian diversity

October 12, 2022 // 3 Comments

By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist SOME THOUGHTS OFFERED, if gratuitously, on the political phenomenon known as Pierre Poilievre. Like most westerners, I am accustomed to [Continue]

COLLINS – Commission’s new boundary plans for Kamloops are insane

October 11, 2022 // 1 Comment

THERE’S A REPORT being considered by the B.C. Government that would increase the number of ridings and switch up some boundaries, including the ones in our two Kamloops [Continue]

KNOX – An election message from me, your beloved leader

October 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

MY FELLOW CITIZENS of Dysfunction-By-The-Sea, there is good news: I have decided to come to your rescue. How? By elbowing onto your ballot as a last-minute candidate in the [Continue]

PETERS – Moving away from half-measures in the B.C. healthcare system

October 8, 2022 // 1 Comment

WE HEARD ANOTHER MEASURE of our public healthcare crisis recently. A whopping 40 per cent of Kamloops residents don’t have a family doctor — well above the provincial [Continue]