June 6, 2019

Editor: Cancer is a jarring prognosis. Needing cancer surgery now is frightening to the core. It is within this reality that we extend our deepest gratitude to Dr. Chevalier and the nursing . . .

June 6, 2019

Grim news that has roamed B.C. like an economic pine beetle landed in the North Thompson Valley this week, leaving a region shaken and about families wondering about life after the mill. Canfor . . .

June 6, 2019

The first highway construction job under the B.C. NDP government’s Orwellian community benefits agreement has been awarded and it is one whopping steak-and-six-salads lunch for the U.S.-based . . .

June 5, 2019

Editor: Re: Chris Kempling’s Faith column of May 17 (‘Heresy or modernization?’): Kempling’s condemnation of Pope Francis is unfounded. For the truth about Kempling’s column regarding Pope . . .

May 31, 2019

Editor: I have read letters to the editor in KTW from people who are demanding a new performing-arts centre in Kamloops. It is neither helpful nor accurate to disparage Sagebrush Theatre when . . .

May 31, 2019

Some wonder how Al Patel can wait so long for his dream of a catheterization lab at Royal Inland Hospital to come to fruition. Then those people hear the founder of the ICCHA/Wish Fund speak and . . .

May 31, 2019

It appears as though the recently opened Pinnacle Access cannabis store, owned and operated on the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc reserve by Tk’emlups members, is an illegal cannabis store — no different . . .

May 31, 2019

Editor: There was a time when we opened a newspaper to find high-paying lumber, mining and construction-related employment opportunities. We used to quit one job and walk down to another . . .

May 30, 2019

Editor: While my son and I were bike riding on McArthur Island, a gas-powered bike came roaring past us, cutting onto the grass to get around. It was going quite fast, was very loud, left a . . .

May 30, 2019

Editor: Re: John Goldsmith’s answer to the KTW question about how to add vitality to Kamloops North Shore (‘North Shore vitality?’ May 22): Perhaps Goldsmith could expand on his answer of “Sell. . .

May 30, 2019

Editor: In June 2016, then-U.S. president Barack Obama told MPs: “If I can borrow a phrase, the world needs more Canada.” I agree. But I would add that Canada needs less Justin Trudeau. Steve. . .

May 30, 2019

The best way of describing what just happened in the European Union elections is to say the choices are getting clearer — and a lot of people are realizing which side they are on. The elections . . .

May 28, 2019

Editor: We have the innate right to breathe fresh, clean air. It’s torture watching the new leaves of spring branches bend to the will of the wind on the other side of the glass. We dare not . . .

May 28, 2019

Editor: It’s no secret Kamloops has been dealing with an increasing drug and crime problem and it’s no secret that the spin-off of that crisis has plagued our city with harm-reduction . . .

May 28, 2019

Editor: Things have changed a lot since I was a kid. My friends and I usually had the skate park to ourselves. For safety reasons, it’s time to get some rules and regulations in order. . . .

May 28, 2019

While development in Kamloops continues to sizzle, it is worth making note of the altruism that runs through the companies that are, literally, changing the face of the Tournament Capital. In . . .

May 28, 2019

First it was $1 billion a year (maybe) being laundered through Lower Mainland casinos and real estate. Then it became $5 billion (maybe) in real estate alone for 2018. These dramatic, expanding . . .

May 23, 2019

It is time for an update on my most popular column of 2018, based on letters and social media responses. It was about plastic bags. My prediction early last year was that Victoria city council’. . .

May 23, 2019

Editor: All of us who live in Kamloops are fortunate our emergency hospital service is so great. Many thanks to the doctors who work in the emergency department at Royal Inland Hospital. Upon. . .

May 23, 2019

Editor: Re: KTW’s online story of May 21 (‘Prime Minister Trudeau helps acclaim Terry Lake as Liberal candidate’): It is good to have our prime minister twice visit Kamloops this year, but . . .

May 23, 2019

Editor: I would like to welcome Terry Lake aboard the Titanic 2.0. I have know Terry since he was mayor Kamloops. He has always been a straight forward, honest guy when I dealt with him. That. . .

May 23, 2019

Editor: Two things in editor Christopher Foulds’ column of May 22 (‘The abortion debate continues’) do not ring true: 1. That the abortion issue is “settled,” according to our Conservative MP, . . .

May 23, 2019

“After a long debate, the highest levels of the military could not forecast a way in which things would end favourably for the United States,” said Richard Clarke, counter-terrorism adviser in the . . .

May 22, 2019

Editor: I was so happy to read the article about Dr. Steven Broadbent in the May 17 edition of KTW (‘Kamloops doctor wins award’). I have never met a doctor more deserving of the My Family . . .

May 21, 2019

It seems the radical abortion laws being passed in the Deep South have emboldened the more aggressive pro-life groups in Canada, with my email inbox receiving an influx of messages calling for . . .

May 21, 2019

With the release of a North Shore Business Improvement Association report on ways to revitalize the area’s commercial zones, we asked readers for their ideas: Editor: The NSBIA mentioned the . . .

May 21, 2019

Editor: I had the great honour to be asked to perform as one of the contestants in the May 11 Mx Judged pageant, an event that raise funds for the ASK Wellness Society and attempted to promote . . .

May 18, 2019

Editor: This month marks the season end for our city’s many performing groups. Theatre, music and dance events reaching top levels of excellence will be celebrated by thousands of citizens. One. . .

May 16, 2019

One of the big battles of the Christy Clark years was imposing an open-shop construction contract for the Site C dam project in northeast B.C. BC Hydro’s latest dam is the first to depart from . . .

May 16, 2019

Editor: Al Patel, who founded the ICCHA/Wish Fund, continues with his efforts to have a catheter lab installed at Royal Inland Hospital. It is difficult, after suffering a heart attack, to . . .

May 16, 2019

Editor: Kamloops Symphony’s last concert of the season last weekend involved a huge choir and an augmented orchestra. There was a work premiered with the composer in the audience. There was . . .

May 16, 2019

Editor: Last Saturday, the annual peace walk attracted about 150 people — a good crowd, but it would have been nice to see many more, especially considering today’s atmosphere of violence in many. . .

May 16, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump is well known for his desire to cut American military commitments overseas. Indeed, it is one of his most attractive characteristics. But his attention span is short, . . .

May 14, 2019

Editor: While we are enjoying the beauty of spring in Kamloops, many of us are also dreading the potential for another problematic wildfire season. The warm spring we are having has created . . .

May 14, 2019

Editor: Three months ago, many constituents in Cathy McLeod’s Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding received her quarterly MP mailout. This particular issue was detailing her tour of the Trans . . .

May 14, 2019

Editor: Three months ago, many constituents in Cathy McLeod’s Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding received her quarterly MP mailout. This particular issue was detailing her tour of the Trans . . .

May 14, 2019

Impaired driving is at its lowest levels since statistics have been tracked in Canada. But drinking and driving is still happening often enough to cause crashes, injuries and deaths — and often . . .

May 14, 2019

In my column in March, I talked about community and how intentional action can lead to change. I also mentioned how much I reflected on this concept as we (council and staff) worked through the . . .

May 10, 2019

Editor: If you own a residential property in Kamloops, you should be aware of the city’s ongoing plan to alter several long-established tax classifications in order to shift industrial property . . .

May 9, 2019

Editor: My husband had to use Royal Inland Hospital’s emergency room and intensive-care unit a few times this year. He received wonderful attention from everyone involved in his care and was . . .

May 9, 2019

Editor: I recently learned the Salvation Army Food food truck has been asked to move yet again because of it being in an inconvenient location. First, however, let’s talk about the last time . . .

May 9, 2019

Editor: On a recent cruise through the Panama Canal, we were fortunate to have as a dinner guest for 16 days a retired professor who taught nuclear physics at Stanford University. We had many . . .

May 9, 2019

Editor: Re: (‘Kamloops set to raise cost of bringing septic waste to city,’ May 8): How ironic that the City of Kamloops is concerned about other B.C. communities disposing of their septic . . .

May 9, 2019

From the moms who birthed you and me and the rest of us, to the wonder that was Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, from Ma Murray and her eponymous awards to Mom Boucher, who is today doing . . .

May 9, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump is playing hard-ball with China over trade and the worrywarts are concerned he is going to start a real trade war by accident. The bigger threat, however, is that he . . .

May 7, 2019

Editor: Whether or not we drive, we are all struggling with the effects of high gas prices. However, we play a large role in the extortion by supporting it. Last week, there was a six cent . . .

May 7, 2019

Editor: It always astounds me to hear the number of complaints about high gasoline prices and the carbon tax. What did people expect? The whole idea of a carbon tax is to raise the price of . . .

May 7, 2019

Recently we were recognized by our peers in the newspaper industry at the Ma Murray Community NewsMedia Awards in Richmond. We’re very proud of our individual team members who won awards: Allen . . .

May 7, 2019

Editor: I am in total agreement with Kamloops Coun. Kathy Sinclair and the other Thompson-Nicola Regional District directors who voted to bring the recording of votes into the sunshine, where all. . .

May 7, 2019

Editor: There are interesting opinions regarding the use of City of Kamoops-generated biosolids on private land in Turtle Valley. Arrow Transport says it is legal to dump the biosolids, but . . .

May 7, 2019

Where there’s smoke, there are now vacation plans. In fact, the vacation plans are occurring before the smoke arrives as more and more people plan to be out of town during periods of the summer . . .

May 3, 2019

In the past five days, I had to twice drive to and from Vancouver. That’s 1,400 kilometres. Such long, tedious excursions allow one to catch up on podcasts and daydreams. The road trips also . . .

May 1, 2019

Editor: Re: Margaret Fryatt’s letters of April 18 (‘Turtle Valley biosolids plan should not proceed’) and April 22 (‘Biosolids in Kamloops should not be Turtle Valley’s problem’): We recognize . . .

April 30, 2019

Editor: I can’t help but wonder how many British Columbians are as confident as I am of our premier, John Horgan, assuring us that he is “looking into” B.C.’s high gas prices for possible “. . .

April 30, 2019

This column has given credit where credit is due to B.C. Attorney General David Eby. Faced with billion-dollar deficits at the Insurance Corp. of B.C., Eby has capped “pain and suffering” awards . . .

April 26, 2019

On April 9, Ian Mackenzie’s letter regarding the importance of the school district being a leader in teaching the arts was published in KTW. We could not agree with MacKenzie more. While he is. . .

April 25, 2019

On Wednesday, the Taoiseach (prime minister) of the Republic of Ireland, Leo Varadkar, and Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom both showed up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to attend . . .

April 25, 2019

Editor: I certainly got an earful listening to The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright on CBC Radio recently. Teachers are being physically attacked and threatened in the classroom on a daily . . .

April 25, 2019

Editor: The citizens of Kamloops have already informed the people behind the push for a city-funded performing-arts centre they want none of their taxes to support such a venue. We already had . . .

April 25, 2019

Editor: Re: KTW’s editoral of April 24 (‘Pipeline feud needs to stop flowing’): The editorial, which seems to be hoping Alberta won’t beat us up by restricting fuel movement to B.C., is not . . .

April 25, 2019

When Terry Lake confirmed in late January that he was considering seeking the federal Liberal nomination in the Oct. 21 election, I thought he would do so, as did many others. It was while . . .

April 25, 2019

Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, has called for the decriminalization of simple possession and use of illicit drugs. It is a call KTW and others have echoed in the past, if for. . .

April 24, 2019

Editor: As a motorist who uses a car for work, I’m finding it more and more difficult getting around at night, when I am literally blinded by aftermarket HID (high intensity discharge) headlights. . .

April 23, 2019

A twist has emerged in the plot line of Paramount Theatre and the community now has a say in how its story will end. When word got out earlier this month that Landmark Cinemas would cease . . .

April 23, 2019

With Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party winning the provincial election in Alberta, British Columbians may be wondering if the newly elected premier will make good on his promises to end oil . . .

April 23, 2019

Editor: Everybody is talking about the need for re-usable bags. I agree. We use plastic boxes to pick up our groceries and we use plastic bags to keep our garbage container clean. I do not . . .

April 23, 2019

Editor: I recently parked on Fifth Avenue, close to the excellent Barb’s Used Book and Music Sale in the former Value Village building downtown. I’ve had experience with our parking machines, . . .

April 22, 2019

Editor: When you are retired, you have a lot more time to think and analyze things. You also have more time to talk with other retired people, who also live on a fixed pension income. Our . . .

April 22, 2019

Editor: Democracy works best with transparency. Keeping the public apprised of how our elected officials vote on our behalf is a fundamental principle of good governance. A recent vote by . . .

April 22, 2019

Editor: If the City of Kamloops believes class B biosolids are safe as soil amendments, the city should be using them on public spaces within its boundaries to enhance its parkland, green spaces . . .

April 19, 2019

Editor: Global warming. Carbon neutral. Zero emissions. These have become part of the language in the 21st century. Of late, commercials about electric cars are claiming zero emissions. Is . . .

April 19, 2019

Editor: Kamloops should follow the example set in Victoria when it comes to a ban on plastic bags. We should also look at how Salmon Arm is attempting to introduce its plastic bag bylaw. . . .