Housing

BEPPLE – There’s a downside to the increase in our property assessments

January 5, 2022 // 2 Comments

I’M RICH. Or, more correctly, I’m richer. Like every property owner in Kamloops, I’ve seen a significant increase in the assessed value of my home. From last year [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Some questions for BC Housing on the Rosethorn facility

December 8, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IS ROSETHORN HOUSE a success, a failure or something in between? The Victoria Street West supportive housing facility has been controversial [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Surely we can disagree on social housing without violence

December 6, 2021 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE WONDERFUL THING about the society we live in is our freedom to say what we want within certain limits. We can’t engage in hate speech [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Proper consultation could avoid objections to social housing

November 30, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOT IN MY BACKYARD is a label often put on opponents of certain developments, especially those that involve social housing. But is NIMBYism [Continue]

CITY ISSUES – Councillor, Facebook page host square off over hotel purchase

October 16, 2021 // 1 Comment

A tense exchange erupted yesterday (Oct. 15, 2021) between Coun. Dale Bass and Jesse Ritcey, who hosts the Kamloops Dialogue Nexus page on Facebook. The topic was the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Attitude adjustment would solve our homeless problem

August 19, 2021 // 2 Comments

OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS the homeless is a barrier to solving the problem. The old notion that the poor deserve to be so: if people would just apply themselves, they wouldn’t [Continue]