EDITORIAL – Experiment in decriminalization isn’t worth continuing
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SEVEN MORE PEOPLE DIED from drug overdoses in Kamloops last month, bringing the total for the year to 38. You’ve probably heard the [Continue]
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CIVIC ISSUES – Group to host forum with film maker on social disorder
A Kamloops group concerned about rising crime and social disorder will host a forum featuring film-maker Aaron Gunn, producer/director of the hit online series, Politics [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – On being harassed, robbed and shunned
This is part two of a column about conversations between Kamloops writer Lynne Stonier-Newman and three homeless folks. By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist I MET AGAIN [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – Surviving on the street in limbo from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
By LYNNE STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist Lynne Stonier-Newman here, sharing the realities of three people I met last Wednesday. I’d nervously rolled into Gaglardi park [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Where is the Magical Mystery Bus bringing homeless here?
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHERE IS IT? I’m looking for the Magical Mystery Bus that pulls into town on a regular basis and drops off a bunch of homeless people to [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Homeless cannot set fires for heat, cooking
WILL BEATTY, Emergency Preparedness Manager for the City of Kamloops, suggests that the homeless could be justified in setting open fires. “We have to understand that [Continue]
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