SHELTER FOR ALL – Addressing homelessness in Kamloops
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]
Homelessness
FORSETH – Cost of new shelter for the homeless is way out of whack
A STORY by Levi Landry, just the other day in InfoNews, stated: A former Kamloops RV dealership on the North Shore is poised to spend the next two years as a homeless shelter [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Concerns about ‘access hub’ location should be no surprise
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PROPOSAL to turn the old Butler Auto & RV property into a 24/7 “access hub” for the homeless raises the old question — is [Continue]
HAMER-JACKSON – Let’s be clear; social disorder is not the same all over
This is the address delivered to the annual Kamloops Chamber of Commerce dinner at Thompson Rivers University on Thursday, March 14, 2024 by Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson. By REID [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – A once-pleasant neighbourhood is now under siege
By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist SIRENS BLARING, three fire engines, two ambulances and two police cars arrived shortly after 11 p.m. last Sunday night. Lynne [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Homeless count raises questions but provides no answers
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LATEST HOMELESSNESS COUNT raises many questions about the “unhoused” in Kamloops but provides no answers. Called the [Continue]
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