PETERS – On abortion and women’s health, listen to women, not me
I DON’T WRITE AND SPEAK very often from a first person point of view, because I’d rather not bring myself into most of the topics I discuss. It’s my opinion that I’m [Continue]
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PETERS – McLachlin Report shows the legislature needs proper supervision
THE MANY WAYS adults act like children will never cease to be fascinating. From video game obsessions to adult colouring books, more and more grown-ups are trying to hold [Continue]
PETERS – Green Party a wasted vote no longer
IT WASN’T LONG AGO that the Green Party was generally believed to be a place reserved for the strictest of idealogues, and otherwise a place to waste your vote. People [Continue]
PETERS – Government delays for retail cannabis more than just a hiccup
IMAGINE STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS. You want to open up a neighbourhood beer and wine store. It’s a highly regulated business, so you go through all the government hoops [Continue]
PETERS – Decriminalizing drug use can’t make the problem much worse
THERE ARE TWO PLAUSIBLE EXTREMES when it comes to the legal system’s handling of drug possession. On one extreme is Singapore, which has capital punishment and uses it 70 [Continue]
PETERS – Ultra-rich raised $1 billion for Notre Dame with unsettling speed
THE TRAGEDY OF THE FIRE that damaged the Notre Dame Cathedral has touched the entire world. Even those who have never visited the iconic landmark are expressing sadness that [Continue]
PETERS – Kamloops to host woman who might have brought down Trump
KAMLOOPS HAS A HISTORY of punching above its weight when it comes to notoriety in B.C. It’s well-known in journalism circles that, if you’re not working in the [Continue]
PETERS – Our biosolids, our business – we should all be concerned about it
HUMANS HAVE NEVER BEEN especially good at dealing with our waste. We like to do silly things with our garbage like toss it out the window of our cars for someone else to [Continue]
PETERS – Has a public institution ever been as out of touch as the Legislature?
WHEN LEGISLATIVE SPEAKER Darryl Plecas outlined in his eponymous report instances of flagrant spending by entitled legislative officers earlier this year, the widespread [Continue]
PETERS – Parents should be wary of Fraser Institute’s school ranking system
THE FRASER INSTITUTE’S annual rankings of BC elementary schools was released earlier this month, and Kamloops schools didn’t do so hot. Nearly 1,000 B.C. schools [Continue]
PETERS – Let’s not make the latest mass shooter into a celebrity
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
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
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
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]
