CHARBONNEAU – Excess weight is not a disease
SOCIETY HAS A BIAS against people who weigh more than ‘normal,’ a bias with attached stigma called “fatphobia”. Doctors are not immune. It’s not that doctors are [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – How important are the Blazers to community well-being?
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AH, THE GOOD OL’ HOCKEY GAME. The hold it has on us as Canadians was well illustrated as Kamloops council wrestled with what to do about [Continue]
LETTER – Downtown Kamloops is a mess and breathing its last breath
In your Armchair Mayor article of Aug. 15, you reference a quote by (former) Vancouver Mayor Philip Owen, who said that Kamloops has a “…downtown that’s dying.” [Continue]
BEPPLE – Shouldn’t homeless people have a place to sit, too?
THERE ARE THINGS we do because of bylaws, and then there are things we do just because they are the right thing to do. We have bylaws for dog licenses, noise, and unsightly [Continue]
EDITORIAL – If Horgan calls a snap election, he doesn’t deserve to win
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SPECULATION IS RAMPANT that Premier John Horgan will announce a provincial election tomorrow. It might just be the media feeding off each [Continue]
GINTA – If we are to see a better future, small steps are no longer enough
IT’S TOUGH TO SINGLE OUT GOOD NEWS these days. It feels like every morning since the new year has started, we are waking up to yet another day of bleak stories of our [Continue]
