NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians are bracing for tough economic times
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE April 6, 2020 – As the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic worsen on both health and economic fronts across Canada, people in this country are under [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – Message to cheaters: leave hospital parking for those who need it
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WAS ALMOST INEVITABLE that the free parking now in effect at B.C. hospitals would be abused. It went into effect last Wednesday as a [Continue]
COVID-19 – Case identified in someone who visited ANAVets March 13 to 17
Interior Health says it has identified a case of COVID-19 in someone who visited the ANAVets 290 Army & Navy Club at 9-177 Tranquille Rd. in Kamloops between March 13 and [Continue]
KNOX – An ode to Dr. Bonnie Henry, on guitar and standup bass
AS THE VIDEO BEGINS, all you see is Gordon Campbell — no, not THAT Gordon Campbell — standing in his Sidney home with an upright bass. Then Diane Campbell, an [Continue]
FORSETH – Those fractional COVID-19 numbers represent a lot of lives
DO WE CONTINUE THE TREND WE ARE ON, with government strongly encouraging people to self-isolate, and to maintain two metre spacing when we are out getting what should be [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – The pandemic will either kill newspapers or save them
THE LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN of the community newspaper industry has a name — COVID-19. Or, the virus might prove to be its salvation. It could go either way. Several [Continue]
LETTER – Trans Mountain pipeline workers could bring COVID-19
An open letter to Premier John Horgan and Health Minister Adrian Dix: I draw your urgent attention to the KTW article detailing Kamloops Coun. Denis Walsh’s very legitimate [Continue]
STONE – Proud of the thousands who have stepped forward to help others
By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson I HOPE THIS NOTE finds you safe and sound as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic continues to evolve, impacting thousands of people [Continue]
PETERS – Rendering scrutiny on our public health officer is a tricky game
OUR PROVINCE’S CHIEF HEALTH OFFICER, Dr. Bonnie Henry, is open to scrutiny and critique just like any public official. You wouldn’t think that’s the case by all the [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Art imitates life in movie Contagion
THE MOVIE CONTAGION (2011) accurately predicted some aspects of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Of course, the movie is meant to be entertaining and has a happy ending. [Continue]
MORGAN – Canada’s hospital system is ill-prepared for COVID-19 crisis
THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT’S plan to use Canada’s “fiscal firepower” to help Canadian families and businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic has been appropriately [Continue]
POLICE – Kamloops RCMP respond to three different stabbings in one night
Kamloops RCMP responded to three stabbings Wednesday night (April 1, 2020) and early today but say the incidents were all separate and don’t seem to be related to one [Continue]
EDITORIAL – No vote Saturday but let’s keep talking about the arts centre
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SATURDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE a big day in Kamloops. That’s when residents were scheduled to vote on a new performing arts centre. The [Continue]
BEPPLE – Messages of hope and kindness abound while taking a walk
COVID-19 IS A media bonanza. Whether it is online, in print, on TV or over the radio, media has been doing an amazing job covering the story from every angle. And, just [Continue]
