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PETERS – Let’s not make the latest mass shooter into a celebrity

March 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE MOSQUE ATTACKS in New Zealand is in its early stages, but we do know a few things about what happened. Dozens of people were killed at two mosques [Continue]

PETERS – Here’s why the government’s SNC-Lavalin controversy is so important

March 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

MY 2019 PREDICTIONS COLUMN looks a little shaky now — especially that prediction that the Trudeau Liberals will return to power in the fall vote. It might still happen, [Continue]

PETERS – Interior Health should take responsibility for maternity snafu

March 2, 2019 // 1 Comment

FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE are settling in the towns where they grew up nowadays. And when they look for a place to live long term — maybe start a family — they will choose a [Continue]

PETERS – We need a new approach to drug trade before more bystanders die

February 23, 2019 // 1 Comment

ALMOST EXACTLY A MONTH AGO, we asked in this space why we can’t have a nice, peaceful drug trade. This was just a few days after a double homicide RCMP told us was [Continue]

PETERS – Kamloops won’t end up with as many cannabis shops as it seems

February 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

HOW MANY FLOWER STORES do we have in Kamloops? How many coffee shops or shoe stores? You don’t know, do you? That’s understandable. But by now, you are probably [Continue]

PETERS – Just like Harper, it looks like Trudeau has his own PMO to rein in

February 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

DO YOU REMEMBER the last time the Prime Minister’s Office was in the middle of a big scandal? It was Stephen Harper and the Conservatives in government, and the PMO had [Continue]

PETERS – American two-party system will soon be mirrored here at home

February 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

AMERICAN VOTERS WHO BECOME DISENCHANTED with the political system in the U.S. often lament the dominance of the two-party system in their country. You are either a Democrat [Continue]

PETERS – Can’t we have a nice, peaceful drug trade?

January 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

CAN’T WE HAVE A NICE, PEACEFUL DRUG TRADE? I guess not. When you have an economic sector that’s completely unregulated, the business owners will regulate it [Continue]

PETERS – Yellow Vests group shot its credibility this week

January 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

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]

PETERS – Justin Trudeau re-elected and other predictions for 2019

January 5, 2019 // 3 Comments

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

December 22, 2018 // 4 Comments

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

December 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

December 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

November 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

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]