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PETERS – Vernon shopping cart ban rolls homelessness problem down the road

July 28, 2018 // 2 Comments

IMAGINE BELIEVING you can do something positive for your community by banning shopping carts. That’s just what Vernon did this week, after a business coalition came to [Continue]

PETERS – Kamloops not alone in grappling with downtown issues

July 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

CITIES OF ALL SIZES around the world struggle with how to get people into their downtowns. No one wants a ghost town in the heart of their city, but avoiding that is easier [Continue]

PETERS – Organics pickup should be next on the list for City’s recycling

July 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

WHEN YOU PUT YOUR City of Kamloops curbside recycling bins out on the street, how much do you think about what happens next to that material? And how much are you stockpiling [Continue]

PETERS – One year later, it’s time for answers on Elephant Hill

July 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

ONE YEAR AGO. It started on a Thursday evening, a small fire just outside of Ashcroft. By the morning, strong winds had fanned it to 700 hectares and it was ravaging the [Continue]

PETERS – Better ways to thank wildfire volunteers than a monument

June 30, 2018 // 1 Comment

HERE AT TWO AND OUT, we’re all about saying thank-you to those who help out during devastating wildfires. We do it with some kind words and, if the opportunity presents [Continue]

PETERS – In Batchelor Heights, a job well done

June 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED to almost any neighbourhood in Kamloops. Thursday, it was Batchelor Heights. A storm cell; a lightning strike; and then suddenly, a grass fire racing [Continue]