PETERS – Yellow Vests group shot its credibility this week
YOU NEVER GET A SECOND CHANCE to make a first impression, so the slogan goes. When I first heard of the Yellow Vests Canada group and looked into them a little bit a few [Continue]
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PETERS – Justin Trudeau re-elected and other predictions for 2019
IT’S A NEW YEAR, and that means new news stories in 2019. But there will also be a number of existing news stories continuing to develop this year. Here’s my best [Continue]
PETERS – There are no sacred public spaces, including Riverside Park
IF YOU HEAD DOWN TO RIVERSIDE PARK on any given summer day, you’re likely to see members of the Kamloops Society for Creative Anachronism, also known as the Shire of [Continue]
PETERS – A word of support for climate science
IS THERE ANYTHING MORE IRRITATING on a cold day than the wind throwing knives into your face as you walk outside? Yes there is, actually. It’s the people who sneer, [Continue]
PETERS – New Coquihalla chain-up rules won’t stop the rule-breakers
STRICT NEW RULES meant to make high mountain highways in BC safer may have missed the point. Much smaller vehicles will now be required to use chains in lieu of winter-rated [Continue]
PETERS – More than just an irritation, Christmas Creep could be health hazard
CHRISTMAS CREEP shows no signs of abating, does it? Costco, of course, has long been the retail standard-bearer for introducing holiday merchandise well ahead of the holidays [Continue]
PETERS – In an age when we know all the answers, we still love a mystery
WITH ALL OF THE world’s knowledge now available on the internet, it can be kind of jarring to come across an answer we don’t immediately know. Harprit Singh sent [Continue]
PETERS – Federal government’s VAC spending does little to honour veterans
IT’S OFTEN SAID that a person’s true priorities only come through when you look at how they spend their money. The same is true of governments. For example, the [Continue]
PETERS – Kamloops election results should put an end to ward system talk
WE’RE REALLY NOT ALL THAT DIFFERENT across this city. Kamloops This Week printed a helpful little breakdown this week that showed how different neighbourhoods voted in [Continue]
PETERS – Fatal hit-and-run on Seymour Street has a sadly familiar feel
THE HIT-AND-RUN INCIDENT ON SEYMOUR STREET last Saturday was all too familiar, and it should be disturbing to all of us that no one has come forward to take responsibility [Continue]
PETERS – Not a person in Kamloops could have defeated Ken Christian
THE CONCLUSION of Saturday’s mayoral election in Kamloops was as foregone as the conclusion to the movie Titanic. Ken Christian was going to defeat William Turnbull, [Continue]
PETERS – Oct. 17 looms, consequences of cannabis legalization are still hazy
BY THIS TIME NEXT WEEK, we’ll all be smoking pot. Or at least, we’ll be able to smoke pot legally, trusting of course that there are no underagers in the [Continue]
PETERS – Some positive outcomes to the political assignment controversy
LOST IN THE UPROAR over the class assignment on the political spectrum given by the teacher at Valleyview Secondary were a couple of real positives. The Grade 10 socials [Continue]
PETERS – Kavanaugh hearing – In spite of gains of MeToo, it’s still a man’s world
BY DEADLINE, we didn’t yet know whether the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee would result in Brett Kavanaugh losing [Continue]
