Drug addiction

STONE – A better plan for making British Columbians feel safe in their communities

September 15, 2023 // 2 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson PEOPLE DESERVE to feel safe in their communities. But, unfortunately, due to rising crime and overlapping crises, this is not the [Continue]

CITY COUNCIL – So-called ‘drugs-in-parks’ bylaw heads toward implementation

September 12, 2023 // 5 Comments

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]

BEPPLE – New bylaw will push more drug use into hidden, unsafe places

September 3, 2023 // 22 Comments

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

July 22, 2023 // 3 Comments

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

July 20, 2023 // 1 Comment

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

July 20, 2023 // 3 Comments

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]