Homelessness

CHARBONNEAU – Don’t confuse all the homeless with city’s street menagerie

July 29, 2021 // 1 Comment

A FEW DERANGED, mentally ill and brain-addled addicts on Kamloops’ streets get a lot of attention. But don’t label all the homeless as troublemakers. Kamloops RCMP [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – BC Housing should value their friends on City council

July 1, 2021 // 1 Comment

CITY COUNCILLORS support public housing but the recent announcement by the B.C. government took them by surprise. In a press release, BC Housing said that they had purchased [Continue]

EDITORIAL – BC Housing’s done-deal approach simply isn’t acceptable

June 23, 2021 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MAYBE BUYING THE FORTUNE MOTEL was a good idea. Maybe it will prove to be a good location for housing the homeless but, maybe not. BC [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Finding somewhere for the street folks to go isn’t easy

June 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED, as you drive up from Victoria Street West onto Seymour, there’s usually a half dozen street folks hanging out at the honking big utilities box [Continue]

PETERS – A heart-warming story generated a heart-warming response

March 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

A LOT OF PEOPLE say they love seeing the media cover good news and sick of all the bad news. That’s patently not true. Audience analytics reliably tell you that it’s the [Continue]

POLICE – Videoed altercation involving security guard under investigation

March 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

Police are investigating an altercation between a security guard and another man that was captured on video. RCMP said today (March 24, 2021) they responded to a report of [Continue]