Homelessness

GUEST COLUMN – We can make a difference by helping in small ways

July 11, 2023 // 8 Comments

By TRUDY MONTGOMERY Guest Columnist NO SINGLE SOLUTION can end homelessness. Simple kindness and compassion will help. Having no home leads people to yearn for a door to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Forum on drugs and social disorder provided plenty to think about

June 22, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS RESIDENTS — those who turned out for a community forum last night — were given a lot to think about when it comes to drug [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Experiment in decriminalization isn’t worth continuing

June 21, 2023 // 0 Comments

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]

CIVIC ISSUES – Group to host forum with film maker on social disorder

June 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

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

June 8, 2023 // 0 Comments

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.

May 31, 2023 // 5 Comments

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]