Homelessness

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]

EDITORIAL – Where is the Magical Mystery Bus bringing homeless here?

May 9, 2023 // 2 Comments

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

May 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

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]

ROTHENBURGER – The power of protest – can Enough is Enough fix anything?

April 29, 2023 // 0 Comments

THE PROBLEM WITH PROTESTS is they often don’t know what they’re about and are unsure of where they’re going. Take the “Enough is Enough” rally at the Overlanders [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Is a return to big institutions the answer to street problems?

April 28, 2023 // 2 Comments

The following column was originally published on Oct. 2, 2021. THERE WAS A TIME when the streets weren’t full of homeless, addicted, and unstable people. A time when you [Continue]

SOCIAL DISORDER – Angry residents vent at ‘Enough is enough’ rally

April 27, 2023 // 0 Comments

Seventy-five fed-up Kamloops residents (not 50 or 100 as some reports estimated) rallied in front of City Hall today (Thursday, April 27, 2023) to demand action on the [Continue]