April 11, 2019

Editor: BC Transit would do well to see how transit payment apps and methods have been implemented in other parts of the world before deciding to do away with transfers because they are hard to . . .

April 11, 2019

Editor: I was delighted to read in the April 10 edition of KTW (‘City to hand out Exemplary Service Awards’) that five of the seven recipients of the Exemplary Service Awards are women in our . . .

April 10, 2019

In the words of Paul Simon, “One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.” It didn’t take me long to learn all about perspective when I first joined city council. I began to understand that while . . .

April 9, 2019

Editor: Recently, I read a report on School District 73’s high priority budget items. I was struck not by what was included, but what was not. Certainly I cannot argue the importance of the . . .

April 9, 2019

Editor: For the past year, I have been an in-patient and an out-patient at Royal Inland Hospital. I want to thank the doctors, surgeons and, above all, the sweet, caring nurses. You fix us . . .

April 9, 2019

Editor: I loved seeing the Sarah Seymour story in the April 5 print edition of KTW (‘Sarah snares youth summit spot’). It’s good to see more good news stories about our young people in the . . .

April 9, 2019

Editor: The April 5 KTW article on response to medical calls (‘Change in response policy has firefighters concerned’) expresses the concerns of firefighters and their union, the International . . .

April 9, 2019

Editor: On the relatively new and super Peterson Creek Xget’tem pathway, there may be an accident with speeding bikes and hikers. I hope not. Patrick White Kamloops . . .

April 9, 2019

Editor: When did the Peterson Creek Xget’tem pathway become a bike path only? Many people from our building, myself included, are afraid to walk the path because cyclists are barreling down it . . .

April 9, 2019

Editor: Here is a perspective I have a not heard amongst the barrage of speculation and opinion about the SNC-Lavalin affair. I suspect Jody Wilson-Raybould knew which direction things were . . .

April 9, 2019

Editor: The discontinued use of plastic straws and plastic take-out food containers works because restaurants that have done so have provided recyclable and/or biodegradable alternatives to the . . .

April 4, 2019

In a recent survey of potential adult migrants worldwide, 47 million said they would most like to move to Canada. There are only 37 million people in Canada. The same applies for Australia: 36 . . .

April 4, 2019

B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver ridiculed the minority NDP government last week for its “generational sellout” of exporting the province’s abundant natural gas reserves to Asia. “I sat opposite . . .

April 4, 2019

Editor: I think Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his office have been missing something during the SNC-Lavalin corruption controversy. That something is the re-emergence of the Indigenous “. . .

April 4, 2019

Editor: Re: (‘Chamber rescinds hiring of executive director,’ March 27): I disagree with the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce’s decision to pull back its offer of employment to John Perks based on . . .

April 2, 2019

Overall, the proposed changes to transit operations in Kamloops, which went before council on Tuesday afternoon, were positive. Any regular transit user would welcome less expensive monthly and . . .

April 2, 2019

Students throughout the district will participate in the Day of Sucwentwecw this Friday. “Sucwentwecw,” the Secwepemctsin word for acknowledging one another, is an initiative that recognizes and . . .

April 2, 2019

Editor: We do not believe in the new cult-like religion of environmental doom and gloom, nor in the narrative of the scary and dangerous life-sucking plastic grocery bag. Immune-deficient . . .

April 2, 2019

Editor: Kamloops councilors should put their efforts and time into things that will reduce taxes, not minority group agendas. Coun. Dale Bass has already admitted she has more than 400 plastic . . .

April 2, 2019

Editor: Enough laws, regulations, bylaws, taxes, eco-fees and the like. We have enough to choke an entire country. Oh wait, we are already choking. A bylaw banning plastic bags? Has . . .

March 28, 2019

Editor: Sunday, March 31, is the Transgender Day of Visibility, a day to celebrate transgender people and raise awareness of the discrimination we face across the globe. I am a transgender . . .

March 28, 2019

Editor: Residents of Kamloops, let’s not forget about our need for a new theatre. If the situation with Sagebrush Theatre isn’t a wake-up call, what is? Sagebrush is closed until at least . . .

March 28, 2019

Editor: Re: The recent letters from Katharine Ferguson (‘End all pay parking at hospitals in B.C.’) and Ivan Somlai (‘Parking enforcement at hospital is heartless’): I was ticketed last month . . .

March 28, 2019

After U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week, affirming Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, there was an outcry that went far beyond the Arab world. His action . . .

March 26, 2019

Editor: March 22 was World Water Day, a day to celebrate, respect and appreciate the liquid that sustains life. Given the critical importance of this fluid, it is shameful that we do not take . . .

March 26, 2019

Editor: Re: The March 8 letter from H. W. Druskee (‘An argument for keeping time change’): Over the years, I have read too many letters expressing a view in a manner that is insulting or . . .

March 26, 2019

Editor: Re: The March 15 column by Aberdeen Publishing operations manager Tim Shoults (‘How local business supports news’): Shoults writes: “According to research conducted by … News Media . . .

March 26, 2019

Editor: An open letter to Coun. Arjun Singh: I welcome your comments of concern regarding social messages that promote mistruths about Muslims or any group of people, as reported on the . . .

March 26, 2019

Editor: Many thanks to all who keep Kamloops looking beautiful. We recently visited another city and even my seven-year-old noticed how much garbage there was on the streets and sidewalks. . . .

March 26, 2019

Contrary to the belief of some, members of the Kamloops media community did not experience collective schadenfreude when, in a span of 72 hours, John Perks went from the celebratory high of being . . .

March 26, 2019

The Y Strong Kids Campaign is winding down and you can help the cause. The annual fundraising campaign focuses on raising money to give kids a chance to lead healthier and happier lives. The . . .

March 22, 2019

You can keep your Viktor Orban, your Benjamin Netanyahu, your pathetic Boris Johnson. As for Donald Trump, he’s really an icon of democracy, just slightly shop-soiled. The coveted title of World’. . .

March 22, 2019

Editor: I’m writing in frustration. I work at Thompson Rivers University and commute every day from Pineview Valley, leaving for work at 7:30 a.m. and returning home between 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. . .

March 22, 2019

Editor: A recent letter to the editor outlined many good reasons to have seatbelts on school buses. As a former Alberta school trustee, I wrestled with this issue many times and the decision to. . .

March 22, 2019

It was during January’s Mayor’s Gala for the Arts that Mayor Ken Christian addressed the packed house at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre as he spoke of the importance of the arts in . . .

March 20, 2019

Editor: Kudos to Christopher Foulds for his timely column of March 8 (‘More food for thought wasted’), in which he lamented the fact Kamloops council did not even discuss the idea behind a notice. . .

March 20, 2019

Editor: I’ve read reader H.W. Druskee’s March 8 letter to the editor several times in an attempt to clarify his position on the twice-annual time change (‘An argument for keeping time change’).. . .

March 20, 2019

Editor: I noticed the City of Kamloops was asking for residents’ help in keeping the catch basins clear of snow and debris. I diligently shovelled the 100 feet from my driveway to our catch . . .

March 20, 2019

Editor: If the B.C. NDP government wants to help seniors, it should remove the carbon tax on our bills for natural gas, touted as clean energy. On my first three bills for 2019, which totalled . . .

March 20, 2019

On Monday morning, as commuters began to head to work, the mercury in Kamloops sat at -3 C, with the sound of windshields being scraped echoing through neighbourhoods. It had been less than a . . .

March 20, 2019

B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham has launched the second phase of her remake of an NDP icon, the Agricultural Land Commission. In a determined push to plow under changes made since the Dave . . .

March 19, 2019

Editor: Terrorism has no regard for mankind. It does not care for religion, race or culture. It lacks respect for humanity in general. On this occasion, when 49 people of Muslim faith have been. . .

March 14, 2019

Editor: I absolutely agree with Katharine Ferguson, whose letter of complaint about parking enforcement at Royal Inland Hospital by Impark was published in the March 13 edition of KTW (‘End all . . .

March 14, 2019

Editor: Thanks to city council, safer walking and biking routes just got closer to becoming a reality — as did enhanced transit. I am so proud of city council for pushing through planned . . .

March 14, 2019

Editor: Kudos to the Kamloops Society for the Written Arts for its amazing writer’s workshop and 12-hour Write-a-Thon last weekend. There was a literary-themed gift bag for each registrant, . . .

March 14, 2019

Editor: On April 27, 2010, the B.C. Liberals under Gordon Campbell passed legislation the stripped the B.C. Utilities Commission of its powers. The legislation stated that one of B.C.’s energy . . .

March 14, 2019

Editor: The coverage KTW recently published on the continual drug and gang violence in Kamloops has been excellent (‘The worst violence we’ve seen,’ March 8). In a time of fake news and silo . . .

March 14, 2019

Editor: I’m writing because of the city’s disregard for public health when it comes to the blue spectrum LED streetlights installed on a few streets around Kamloops, including our own. I have . . .

March 14, 2019

Editor: Kamloops is in the midts of a robbery spree. Maybe a credit-card/debit-card only policy would help. Don’t keep cash on hand in those places. Aleah Thom Kamloops . . .

March 14, 2019

The world is full of bleak news, from tragedies to environmental catastrophes to political scandals. They all deserve to be covered and we all should be aware of what is happening around us. . . .

March 14, 2019

What did you pay to read this column today? Your answer might be, “Nothing” — and on the surface, you’re right. Whether you are reading it in print, on a laptop or on a smartphone, there is no . . .

March 14, 2019

Muslim governments were not silent when Burma murdered thousands of Rohingya, its Muslim minority, and expelled 700,000 of them across the border into Bangladesh. They were unanimous in their . . .

March 12, 2019

Last week, Kamloops This Week published a series of stories detailing the origins of the current gangland war that has led to numerous murders, at least one kidnapping and various robberies and . . .

March 12, 2019

Community — what does it mean? What does it look like? Who is part of it? How is it built? These are some of the questions I’ve been asking myself and others since November. My campaign . . .

March 11, 2019

Editor: Re: Christopher Foulds’ column of March 8 (‘More food for thought wasted’): I am in huge agreement with rethinking former councillor Donovan Cavers’ motion that called for more edible . . .

March 11, 2019

Editor: After being ticketed on two occasions at Royal Inland Hospital parking, even though I had paid for my spot, I decided to look into this issue. I was in great distress both times as I . . .

March 7, 2019

Editor: There’s a little piece of heavenly paradise hidden in the golden suburbs of Westsyde that I’d like to reveal to the residents of Kamloops. If you haven’t already, you may one day . . .

March 7, 2019

Editor: Is the twice per year time change necessary? Of course it is. Kamloops’ geographical location is almost perfect to benefit from the extra evening hour in summer and the extra morning . . .

March 7, 2019

As a civic politician, Donovan Cavers was polarizing. There were those who supported his environment-first platform and those who felt he leaned a bit too far in that direction. Cavers was one . . .

March 5, 2019

While the start of the next school year seems a long way off, the time is now for students in grades 9, 10, or 11 to take ownership of their learning and personal growth. The new graduation . . .

March 5, 2019

As the SNC-Lavalin affair continues, many are calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation. Last week, former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said she had come under pressure . . .

March 5, 2019

Editor: Very seldom do I read Kamloops This Week’s letters to the editor page and agree with every missive. In the Feb. 27 edition, the letter from Desiree Maher-Schley (‘Righting 450-. . .

March 5, 2019

Editor: Re: KTW’s story of Feb. 27 regarding Kamloops Coun. Dale Bass’s push for night council meetings (‘Will the sun set on Kamloops council meetings?’): Thanks to Bass for putting forward . . .

March 4, 2019

Editor: Will B.C. taxpayers finally wake up? The provincial governments have transferred the outcomes of their longtime frauds and scandals to ordinary taxpayers, be they ever-increasing rates . . .

March 4, 2019

Editor: Re: KTW’s story of Feb. 27 regarding Kamloops Coun. Dale Bass’s push for night council meetings (‘Will the sun set on Kamloops council meetings?’): Council currently meets at an . . .

February 28, 2019

According to Statistics Canada’s annual employee wages by occupation survey, the average hourly wage across Canada, in all occupations, full- and part-time, was $27 in 2018. For a full-time . . .

February 28, 2019

Two remarkable hearings in the capital cities of Canada and the U.S. on Wednesday offered an electronic landscape of stark contrasts. In Ottawa, former justice minister and current . . .

February 27, 2019

Editor: On Tuesday, Feb. 26, I was with my four-year-old son, Jim, standing in line at the walk-in clinic behind Superstore. As we waited, a Kamloops RCMP vehicle rolled up and one officer . . .

February 26, 2019

Another Pink Shirt Day has arrived, though the real news will be when such a day no longer exists. We should live in a world where there is no need to remind people to be kind and where there is . . .

February 26, 2019

Editor: I wish to thank archeologist Joanne Hammond for her insightful, important, and informative column of Feb. 22 (“Dig It: The inconvenient truth of Indigenous archaeology’). The column . . .

February 26, 2019

The featured item in Finance Minister Carole James’ budget for the coming year was not $10-a-day day care, touted in the 2017 election and later downplayed by Premier John Horgan. No, the banner . . .

February 26, 2019

Editor: Re: The KTW story of Feb. 15 regarding leisure water availability in Kamloops (‘Limited leisure pools in city’) The city’s community and protective services director, Byron McCorkell, . . .