Two and Out
PETERS: A child finding drugs in a Kamloops park is not new, but no less frightening
WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL not to completely overreact to the story this week of a mom finding a baggie of drugs among her young child's Easter candy.The substance hasn't been tested yet, but you're not likely to find small baggies of, say, sea salt out in public.The baggie came home in an Easter basket after a church-run eg...
Apr 05, 2024
Read More
Two and Out
PETERS: 'Tough on crime' Caputo straddles line between smart politics, partisan rage baiting
'TOUGH ON CRIME' is a winning political strategy.Whatever your place on the political spectrum, you will typically agree with some basic statements about crime: there is too much of it and those who are caught doing it are treated too well.Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Frank Caputo, a former prosecutor, is well-position...
Mar 22, 2024
Read More
Two and Out
PETERS: Kamloops beach cleanup day encourages pride of ownership in our community
I'LL ADD MY VOICE to the chorus of praise for the beach cleanup day approved by Kamloops council this week.On April 21, local citizens will take advantage of the low water levels and gather to clean up all the garbage and junk that has accumulated on our city's beaches over the years.Hopefully, owners of private riverf...
Mar 15, 2024
Read More
Two & Out
PETERS: Ageism alive and well in the U.S. presidential race
I'M NOT SURE WHAT President Joe Biden ingested before this week's State of the Union address - and perhaps I don't want to know.Sleepy Joe has been one of the more effective barbs thrown the president's way throughout his term, but he was anything but sleepy Thursday night, despite starting the speech well past bedtime...
Mar 08, 2024
Read More
Two & Out
PETERS: Whether they build a fence or an overpass, TRU and the City of Kamloops can't wall off their relationship
THE PROPOSAL FOR AN OVERPASS spanning Summit Drive and leading to the Thompson Rivers University campus is so old, it's almost eligible to enroll at TRU.It's so old, I remember former councillor John O'Fee discussing how jaywalkers have to be sharper than other pedestrians because they don't have the crosswalk to prote...
Mar 01, 2024
Read More
Two & Out
PETERS: Spend-happy provincial government should pay for KFR medical response unit
IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF KAMLOOPS and your taxes go up a little higher next year, a new medical response unit for Kamloops Fire Rescue might be part of the reason.Chief Ken Uzeloc has requested the unit as a supplemental item in budget deliberations.Uzeloc says KFR crews, who are ostensibly supposed to be firefighter...
Feb 23, 2024
Read More
Two & Out
PETERS: Milobar and Stone will face their toughest election fights this year
KAMLOOPS WAS ONCE SEEN AS A BELLWETHER riding provincially, meaning the candidates who won here, their party would unfailingly form government.That has not held true for a long time, as Kamloops has stuck like glue to the B.C. Liberals for decades now.That will all change this fall, as Kamloops will not have any B.C. L...
Feb 16, 2024
Read More
Two & Out
PETERS: A city that builds things
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY that builds things.It seems simple enough to say and something we take as a given, but for decades now, we in Kamloops have not lived in that kind of city.Who is at fault? The municipality doesn't build housing and it doesn't start up businesses - but it is in charge of public amenities and inf...
Feb 09, 2024
Read More
Two & Out
PETERS: Smith's healthcare change poses real danger for Alberta trans kids
IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN A LITTLE DISTURBING for the LGBTQ2S+ community in Alberta that the person who was just days ago glad-handing with Tucker Carlson and Jordan Peterson is now radically reshaping healthcare laws for trans kids in that province.Premier Danielle Smith unveiled the sweeping changes earlier this week - ...
Feb 02, 2024
Read More
Two & Out
PETERS: All for the simple sin of wanting to relieve their pain
HYDROMORPHONE IS AN AMAZING SUBSTANCE.When that opioid is coursing through your veins, everything in the world is okay.You feel calm, you feel relaxed, and most importantly, your pain fades away.Every year, thousands of British Columbians die for the simple sin of wanting their pain to fade away.Some of them are street...
Jan 26, 2024
Read More