Homelessness

EDITORIAL – All this talk about solutions to the shelter issue is just pablum

April 23, 2026 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO THE PATHWAYS shelter has been given a 20-month extension to operate at the former Butler Auto site on Tranquille Road. Will it make [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Fifty years ago, the ‘riff raff’ were a problem downtown

January 24, 2026 // 5 Comments

The terminology, drugs of choice, degree and our own tolerance level may have changed but downtown Kamloops had the same kinds of problems in 1976 as it does in 2026. The [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – ‘You try to help people, and this is what you get’

July 28, 2025 // 4 Comments

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s auto dealership has been vandalized again, and this time it was totally ransacked IT’S BEEN A BAD couple of weeks for Mayor Reid [Continue]

LETTER – Providing help for homeless is hardly a ‘concentration camp’

May 26, 2025 // 5 Comments

I have to admit; I am a bit confused. When a photo shows one thing and the drivel from an elected person points to an opposing mindset, which one should we believe? Please [Continue]

CITY ISSUES – ‘Point in time’ count outlines increases in homelessness

May 7, 2025 // 2 Comments

More than 300 people were experiencing homelessness in Kamloops at the time of a “Point in Time” count taken last fall, according to a report presented to City [Continue]

SHELTER FOR ALL – Addressing homelessness in Kamloops

April 5, 2025 // 3 Comments

By PETER TSIGARIS Thompson Rivers University Prelude: This editorial is part of a book series I co-authored with my senior undergraduate students, titled In the Shadow of the [Continue]