PETERS – The passport redesign was bound to offend someone
SO THE GOVERNMENT REDESIGNED the Canadian passport. The cover has a partial maple leaf and our crest. The inside pages have animals and nature scenes and other very anodyne [Continue]
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PETERS – B.C. carbon tax revenue should go to preventing disasters
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE B.C. INTERIOR get really upset at Justin Trudeau for the carbon tax — even though he had nothing to do with the one we pay. Our carbon tax was first [Continue]
PETERS – On cancer centre, NDP strings us along like Lucy with the football
AT THIS POINT, the NDP government dangling a cancer care centre over Kamloops has become like a demeaning joke. It’s the driver hitting the gas just as the passenger is [Continue]
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]
PETERS – Hamer-Jackson’s committee moves will increase gridlock at City Hall
MAYOR REID HAMER-JACKSON’S MOVE THIS WEEK to stack council committees with people he considers more in tune with his frequency was a fairly predictable development. In our [Continue]
PETERS – Safety improvements needed on Highway 5 — but more patience, too
IT IS AN INCREDIBLY FRIGHTENING TIME to be living in the North Thompson. People living in Barriere and Clearwater and all of the smaller communities along that corridor need [Continue]
PETERS – Pineview announcement is great; Kamloops needs more
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]
PETERS – Now even basic prenatal care is under threat in Kamloops
WE’VE BECOME NUMB TO ALL THE BAD NEWS around medical care provided and not provided in Kamloops. We shouldn’t be numb to the news from this week, though. The Thompson [Continue]
PETERS – Forget Valentine’s Day; it’s time to embrace Palentine’s Day
IF SEINFELD brought us a Festivus for the rest of us — a holiday that rebelled against the cultural norm — then next week deserves another one: Palentine’s Day. Instead [Continue]
PETERS – Decriminalization is a big paradigm shift — but a much more subtle change in practice
THE DECISION TO DECRIMINALIZE POSSESSION of small amounts of hard drugs shouldn’t be seen as either the end of the world, nor the magic bullet that will finally bring the [Continue]
PETERS – If we can’t learn anything from the TRU investigation, the school should
HOPEFULLY, THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION into allegations against two of TRU’s senior administrators will teach the institution a lot more than it taught the rest of us. To [Continue]
PETERS – Opportunity cost is mounting for Kamloops council
HERE IN KAMLOOPS, we’ve moved past the point where it’s surprising when Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson misses a meeting or appearance. The latest instance this week was a [Continue]
PETERS – Landfill search for Indigenous women’s remains worth honest effort
THE FRAUGHT RELATIONSHIP between Canada’s Indigenous people and this nation’s police reached another new low this week. Winnipeg’s police service revealed that the [Continue]
PETERS – The cost to acquire Connor Bedard too rich for the Blazers
AT THE RISK OF FURTHER ANGERING Regina Pats coach and GM John Paddock, we’re going to talk more about a potential trade for Connor Bedard. That’s all right — I consider [Continue]
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