PETERS – Collaboration key to solving street safety issues
CFJC TODAY’S QUESTIONNAIRE asked local election candidates their opinions of the top priority in the upcoming campaign. Almost without fail, candidates said issues of [Continue]
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PETERS – Queen Elizabeth showed us that grace is possible in public life
LONGTIME READERS AND VIEWERS of Two and Out will know that this space is no friend of the British monarchy. However, a day after the Queen’s death, we will deign to say [Continue]
PETERS – Prospect of change to doctors’ pay more promising than funding
THE PROVINCIAL FUNDING FOR FAMILY PHYSICIANS announced this week is a good sign — but not even the best piece of news coming out of that announcement. The funding itself is [Continue]
PETERS – Nostalgia is powerful but is it enough to sustain a Zellers revival?
THE NEWS OF THE ZELLERS REVIVAL engendered such an excited response this week, you would think this place was retail utopia. Unique products at rock-bottom prices in a [Continue]
PETERS – More than a passing fad, move to active transportation is exploding
AFTER SPENDING THE PAST FEW WEEKS travelling on Vancouver Island, the prevalence of so-called alternative modes of transportation really stood out to me. One of the most [Continue]
PETERS – Fatal crashes ramp up pressure to twin area highways
THE AMOUNT OF CARNAGE we have seen on Kamloops-area roads in the past few weeks has been both unfathomable and unacceptable. The most gut-wrenching incident happened about [Continue]
PETERS – Overturning of Roe v. Wade could have repercussions for Canada
IN THEIR CONFIRMATION HEARINGS for the United States Supreme Court, Justices John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett all stated support for the [Continue]
PETERS – Link between health and happiness may explain dissatisfaction
THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE WEEK may have come on Monday, when Statistics Canada released some results from its Canadian Social Survey. It reported that the province whose [Continue]
PETERS – ‘Good person with a gun’ theory didn’t work in Uvalde
NEW INFORMATION that has emerged in the investigation into the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas is shocking to many Americans as it tears down one of the pillars on which [Continue]
PETERS – Changes to gun and drug laws — Symbolic? Practical? Both? Neither?
WE’VE SEEN A COUPLE of fairly major moves by our federal government in the past week meant to address health and safety for Canadians. The Trudeau Liberals have announced [Continue]
PETERS – It’s time for Vladimir Putin to be stopped
RUSSIA’S INVASION of Ukraine has become too easy for us to ignore. We in North America may have relegated the invasion to the far reaches of our collective consciousness, [Continue]
PETERS – The staffing situation at RIH is grim, but the goose is far from cooked
THE STORY OF THE MOTHER GOOSE laying her eggs outside the Royal Inland Hospital maternity ward must have been a welcome respite from all the doom and gloom for staff at the [Continue]
PETERS – Katherine McParland’s cause of death doesn’t tarnish her legacy
A WORD OF ADVICE to the people of Kamloops: do not let anyone put anything but respect on the name of Katherine McParland. The coroner’s report into McParland’s death was [Continue]
PETERS – Upping RCMP complement is no magic bullet for solving crime
NO ONE SHOULD SEE Kamloops city council’s direction taken this week on policing as the end of this city’s law and order problems. There are a lot more avenues to pursue [Continue]
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