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PETERS – Even if demand drops, City of Kamloops should pick up organics weekly throughout the winter

November 11, 2023 // 0 Comments

THE CITY OF KAMLOOPS has a chicken-and-egg problem with its organics recycling program — which, coincidentally, accepts both chicken and eggs. Many residents didn’t know [Continue]

PETERS – How did the carbon tax become such a controversial policy?

November 4, 2023 // 2 Comments

IT’S BIZARRE to see how much of a political football the carbon tax has become when its introduction 15 years ago was relatively free of drama. B.C. was the first [Continue]

PETERS – Strategic Plan the key to a productive term for this council

October 21, 2023 // 1 Comment

IF YOU’VE EVER WORKED in a fractious workplace with a coworker or two you can’t stand, you know there’s only one tried and true way to keep your sanity — and that’s [Continue]

PETERS – No end in sight to the horrific cycle of killing in the Middle East

October 14, 2023 // 1 Comment

BACK IN MY UNIVERSITY YEARS, I had a professor who had returned to teach in Canada after spending years in Israel and the West Bank, working for a relief organization. I [Continue]

PETERS – Rise of B.C. Conservatives leaves B.C. United caught in the middle

October 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

A LEGER POLL released this week will no doubt have shaken the B.C. United foundations. The poll of 1,001 B.C. residents showed 42 per cent support for the governing NDP. [Continue]

PETERS – By launching phone-taping investigation, council is doing its job

September 30, 2023 // 3 Comments

IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER remarkable week at Kamloops city hall. In a closed meeting, council launched an investigation into Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s propensity to secretly [Continue]