Homelessness

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]

EDITORIAL – Let’s get facts on kicking incident before we pass judgment

March 24, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE’RE ALWAYS WILLING to jump to conclusions well before the facts have been properly collected and assessed. As revealed in a citizen [Continue]

LETTERS – Sudden act of kindness showed the spirit of Kamloops

March 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

I was stopped behind a small white car in the left hand turn lane at McGill and Summit at 9:45 a.m. on Monday (March 22, 2021). The driver, a young woman, jumps out of her [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Solution to disappearing shopping carts remains elusive

February 13, 2021 // 2 Comments

GOING ON FOUR YEARS after shopping carts became a high-profile issue, there’s still no solution. In 2017, RCMP embarked on a crackdown on shopping-cart theft, seizing carts [Continue]

LETTER – Make Tranquille into a working farm for the homeless

November 2, 2020 // 4 Comments

Hello…..All I am hearing about lately are the problems on Columbia Street and all the issues with housing for the homeless in Kamloops. May I suggest what may be a [Continue]