I saw your article about the rapid spike in homelessness in Kamloops this spring: ROTHENBURGER: Where is the Magical Mystery Bus bringing homeless here? Same thing is [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FOUR PILLARS are back. Once the centre of a strategy to tackle the drug crisis, the approach has seldom been mentioned in recent years [Continue]
By BOB HUGHES CEO, ASK Wellness Society OUR COMMUNITIES are being ripped apart from the inside out. Across the province, the impacts of the toxic drug supply are demonstrated [Continue]
Excerpt from Question Period in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, April 24, 2023 during debate between BC United MLA Todd Stone and Mental Health and Addictions Minister [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DR. CAROL FENTON has been taking a verbal beating lately over the drugs-in-parks bylaw issue. Not only is strong pushback coming from within [Continue]
Excerpt from debate during Question Period in the B.C. Legislature on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 between Kamloops-South Thomson MLA Todd Stone and Jennifer Whiteside, Minister [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO LET’S UPDATE where we’re at. Seven years ago, a public health emergency was declared as drug-related deaths were on the rise. Today, [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. JUST BECAUSE something is right, should there be a bylaw for it? As Kamloops City staff begin working on a major amendment to the City’s [Continue]
WOULDN’T IT BE NICE if we could go for a walk in Riverside Park, or relax in Pioneer Park, without having to put up with people doing drugs? Under the new decriminalization [Continue]
PIVOT LEGAL SOCIETY is calling on the B.C. government to stop its proposed expansion of forced mental health and addictions treatment. Compulsory treatment must proceed. I [Continue]
SOMEONE AT Adastra Labs in Langley, B.C., must have been sampling the wares when they announced last Thursday that they would produce, sell, and distribute cocaine. The story [Continue]
TWO HUNDRED AND TEN DEATHS due to overdoses and a poisoned drug supply, here in BC, for the month of January — that’s 6.77 PER DAY!! AND STILL the buzz words from [Continue]
BC LIBERAL LEADER Kevin Falcon clarified comments made by a member of his caucus when she said that safe injection sites were a bad idea. Teresa Wat, BC Liberal MLA for [Continue]
Excerpt from Question Period in the B.C. Legislature today (Feb. 8, 2023): P. Milobar: Not a day goes by that the members on this side of the House aren’t confronted by [Continue]