Peters

PETERS – Nathaniel Martin’s Cutober shines a light on domestic violence

October 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

NATHANIEL MARTIN SAYS he’s no anti-masker and he is certainly taking the COVID-19 pandemic very seriously. But he’s also concerned about the residual impacts of the [Continue]

PETERS – Wilkinson has a strong campaign but no knockout blow yet

October 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

IT SEEMS STRANGE to already be looking back at the provincial election campaign, but really there are two weeks left — and one week before advanced voting begins. For [Continue]

PETERS – It’s time to consider tailoring our pandemic restrictions by region

September 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

YOU’VE HEARD Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry say it repeatedly: COVID-19 is in every region of B.C. She could very well have said, “There are tall buildings in [Continue]

PETERS – Horgan must explain how election isn’t a cynical power grab

September 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

B.C. POLITICS IS HIGHLY STRANGE AND UNUSUAL and never has that been more apparent than right now. We have an official opposition in a minority situation who is begging the [Continue]

PETERS- It’s been a great week for the public health system in Canada (really)

September 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

IT’S BEEN A GREAT WEEK for the public health system in Canada. No, really. On Thursday, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled against a Vancouver clinic trying to offer wealthy [Continue]

PETERS – Better spacing needed as school restarts next week

September 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

PREPARE FOR BIGGER BUBBLES.That is essentially beginning next week as thousands of Kamloops students return to schools, representing an exponential increase in pandemic [Continue]

PETERS – Paint spill is smalltown gossip fodder, not proof teens are terrible

August 22, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE BIG PAINT SPILL this week is something that will go down in the annals of small-town gossip history for Logan Lake. A 16-year-old is accused of emptying a huge paint drum [Continue]

PETERS – Trajectory troubling but no reason to change COVID-19 approach

August 15, 2020 // 1 Comment

DR. BONNIE HENRY was asked a ridiculous question at Thursday’s media briefing. The question was, “Because the approach B.C. has taken since March doesn’t seem to be [Continue]

PETERS: Bill Morneau has been skating on thin ethical ice for years

July 25, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE MORE DAYS WE PUT IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR, the more difficult it becomes to remember them, it seems. As an example, when I began to contemplate a column this week calling [Continue]

PETERS – Horgan’s verbal diarrhea on the overdose crisis a serious misstep

July 18, 2020 // 2 Comments

A DELEGATION TO KAMLOOPS COUNCIL this week emphasized the importance of minding our language when talking about addiction and substance use disorder. Two days later, it [Continue]

PETERS – Don’t wait too long to revive the performing arts centre proposal

July 11, 2020 // 1 Comment

IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT GOT YOU THROUGH the worst depths of the pandemic isolation, you will probably land on some form of performing arts. Maybe you leaned heavily on [Continue]

PETERS – Will the pandemic cause us to rethink how we care for our seniors?

July 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

AS WE GET OLDER, our worlds tend to get smaller. By the time we are elderly and perhaps living in seniors apartments or a longterm care facility, our worlds can be [Continue]

PETERS – Trading Tourism Kamloops visitor centre for Jeep a head scratcher

June 27, 2020 // 2 Comments

TOURISM KAMLOOPS has done a lot of great marketing for this city over the years, but a decision it made this week should raise some serious concerns from the local [Continue]

PETERS – Urgent need for leadership and action at Stump Lake

June 20, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE BOAT LAUNCHES ARE OPENING UP up Friday (June 19). And with that, the flood threat was nearly over. The above normal snowpack we received last winter came down about as [Continue]