CITY COUNCIL – So-called ‘drugs-in-parks’ bylaw heads toward implementation
The so-called “drugs-in-parks” bylaw found favour, as expected, at today’s (Sept. 12, 2023) Kamloops City council meeting. The bylaw was first proposed in [Continue]
Drug addiction
BEPPLE – New bylaw will push more drug use into hidden, unsafe places
Rather than creating bylaws targeting open drug use, it’s time to find ways to expand harm reduction for smoking and inhalation which is where the majority of deaths are [Continue]
PETERS – Observations on drug use from fire chief, top cop are illuminating but not gospel
IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE SERIOUSLY the comments from our fire chief and our police superintendent this week about drug use. It’s also important we add some context to [Continue]
LETTER – Sorry, but Kamloops is not a clean city
Re: EDITORIAL – Stop insulting Kamloops and be grateful for a great city I’m sorry to say but the city is not clean. Everywhere you go you see that humans have [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The ‘Alberta Model’ for drug treatment is yet to be built
ALBERTA PREMIER Danielle Smith has been quoting statistics that show that the “Alberta Model” works in reducing drug-related deaths. But how can the model work when [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Who owns the issue of public safety in Kamloops?
I WENT TO A FORUM at TRU last Wednesday (June 21) expecting to hear a discussion on public safety in Kamloops. Instead, I was faced with a denunciation of federal and B.C. [Continue]
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