PETERS – Statues, reconciliation and Canada Day 2021
WE’VE SAID BEFORE that societies don’t erect statues of people they want to simply remember; they erect statues of people they want to celebrate, to venerate, to hold up [Continue]
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PETERS – For the future of Canada, we must overcome our fear of change
A FEW WEEKS AGO, our newsroom took a phone call from a gentleman who was hopping mad. The object of his ire? The Real Canadian Superstore. The man was complaining that [Continue]
PETERS – We call them survivors
WE CALL THEM SURVIVORS. Indigenous people who attended the schools in Canada’s residential school system are not called ‘former students’ or ‘attendees’ or [Continue]
PETERS – Park debate shows elections better than one-off consultations
YOU KNOW HOW EVERY TIME AN ELECTION APPROACHES, there are impassioned pleas for people to get out and vote? It’s often a case of too little, too late. Unless a potential [Continue]
PETERS – Minos’ proclamation drew a line in the sand — and most customers are on the other side
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING that the life of a restaurant owner is not a lot of laughs right now — but for anyone who owns a Kamloops Greek restaurant not named Minos, life just [Continue]
PETERS – For the Snowbirds, returning to Kamloops was a tough manoeuvre
FOR MOST OF US, Kamloops envelopes our entire life. The mention of the city’s name evokes thoughts of family, thoughts of work and memories of a place that, for better or [Continue]
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