One Man's Opinion
Doug Collins has had a wide background in the broadcast industry, having done virtually every type of news and sports broadcasting, including news anchor, sports play-by-play, and editorialist. His “One Man’s Opinion” aired on TV from 1973- 2013. He retired from his management roles in the station in October 2018 but continues to write his column. In 2019, Doug was awarded the Freedom of the City, the highest honour a municipality can bestow upon a resident or organization. Doug’s wife, Sue, has been his strength for more than 50 years, and they spend much of their free time with their six grandchildren.
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COLLINS: Kamloops' Nederpel to play pivotal role in B.C. health care
LAST WEEK, Barb Nederpel from Kamloops won a landslide victory to gain re-election as head of the Hospital Employees Union. That show of support is obviously a big shot in the arm for Nederpel. And it arms the largest of our hospital unions with a mandate to keep Conservative toes to the fire. Those 80,000 members of t...
Nov 9, 2026
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COLLINS: May God help us all
FIRST OF ALL, you know what's been nice this week? Not seeing or hearing those damn election commercials trying to tear down the opponents while promising the moon to voters who don't have any idea what is specifically being proposed and how it will be paid for. The words in the title were part of a discussion I had wi...
Nov 2, 2026
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COLLINS: A double-edged sword in Wainwright
AS MORE DETAILS EMERGE, the recent tragedy at CFB Wainwright, Alberta, shows how easily a relatively common occurrence can turn into tragedy in moments.Just over a week ago, a fire and explosion at the base took the lives of four soldiers at the scene and sent almost 30 more to hospital, a number of them in critical co...
Oct 26, 2026
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COLLINS: The economy or the environment
You don't need to be some kind of expert to see the armies forming, getting ready for the battle that changes the world. Not the one involving superpowers unleashing the nukes, but rather the one that will literally fuel the economy for a long time, or the one that will slowly kill the sources of food, poison our ocean...
Oct 19, 2026
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COLLINS: Terrorism is not going to go away
LAST WEDNESDAY, I wore my orange shirt with pride. I have long supported the fight by indigenous people for equality and an equal voice in the running of our country. When the day of Truth and reconciliation was done, I realized just how little progress we have made both in truth and reconciliation. After a long seri...
Oct 5, 2026
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COLLINS: Can you really do a lot as a politician?
IN A WORD, maybe. Politics is a tough game to play. Many people get involved because they are under the misconception they can make a difference. They can't - not by themselves. There has to be a group who are on the same page to make decisions which will move the city forward or backward depending on their viewpoint. ...
Sep 28, 2026
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COLLINS: We are back!
AFTER A FORCED SHUTDOWN of several weeks, we are back in the land of the living. I do not take that comment lightly. During the last several months, I had to be brought back a number of times. Scary but I was able to hang on.Once things had settled a bit, I thought it would be worthwhile seeing if anything had happene...
Sep 21, 2026
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COLLINS: The NDP is kind of a wolf in sheep's clothing
THE NDP's BUDGET LAST WEEK was a cruel, heartless abandonment of the working man - the group who normally support the NDP. Did they get screwed over? You bet they did.Essentially, the government stopped operating the province, and provided no support and direction. And at the end of the day, Premier David Eby, recogniz...
Feb 22, 2026
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COLLINS: Old songs about the future may be more accurate than we thought
IT WASN'T THAT MANY YEARS AGO that we went through what I call the period of "death music." So many hit songs contained reference to murder, suicide the kind of depressing songs that made you wonder why you even existed. I had some of those feelings Tuesday as I listened to the B.C. budget. I thought that per...
Feb 19, 2026
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COLLINS: How far out of the box should we think?
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING WITH INTEREST the on-again, off-again discussions at Chase council over the use of golf carts on community streets. Although I don't think much of the idea, I like the determination of those who put ideas out for discussion and aren't afraid to have them picked apart or vetoed. Many of our biggest d...
Feb 15, 2026
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COLLINS: Are we any closer to understanding the human mind?
THIS QUESTION is being asked more and more as we work through this period in our history.Is it more violent than other periods in our history? Probably not, but the frequency of these tragic events - and the publicity attached to them - certainly makes it seem that things have never been as bad as they are now. The &qu...
Feb 12, 2026
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COLLINS: We're losing the drug wars. Is there hope?
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION in the headline - there's always hope, but it's fading fast. And while suggestions to deal with it are abundant, none of them shows any evidence of long-term success.Treatment centres have shown promise, safe-injection sites were once the golden solution. Many offshoots of these basic ideas have ...
Feb 8, 2026
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COLLINS: How long can we hold off the dictator?
THAT'S THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM right now. We are working hard to diversify. Hoping against hope that we can reduce our dependence on the U.S. and maintain our sovereignty in the face of all the threats, the tariffs and the disdain of a president seemingly gone mad with power. It will not be an easy battle. Huge tariff...
Feb 5, 2026
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COLLINS: City hall - too much, too fast?
IF ANYTHING GETS PEOPLE WORRIED, it's rising costs. Groceries, housing, city services and taxes.The dilemma facing most businesses these days is that they don't have much control over the costs. If beef goes up? You're going to be paying a premium for that steak you're planning to have on the barbecue this week. Salmon...
Jan 31, 2026
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COLLINS: Milobar has a big challenge
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SHY about my support for the Milobar family. Over the years, I believe they have done the city proud. I believe Peter was a good mayor and a good MLA.Like many MLAs, Peter had some tough decisions to make after Kevin Falcon blew up the B.C. United Party. Some, like MLA Todd Stone, opted to leave the l...
Jan 29, 2026
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COLLINS: Okay, I might have been wrong
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I remember commenting that I thought the idea of an outdoor skating rink at Riverside Park was a harebrained scheme that was a colossal waste of taxpayers' money and would not be technically feasible in a place like Kamloops because we didn't get enough cold weather in the winter. Councillor Nancy Be...
Jan 22, 2026
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COLLINS: Will Trump survive to 2028?
SO MANY THEORIES. So many conspiracies. And now that the U.S. midterms are less than a year away, the question on many minds is, "Will there be a chance for Trump to salvage the mid-terms?" And my response is, "Anything is possible."Despite all the harebrained schemes, the threats, accusations, the ...
Jan 18, 2026
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COLLINS: There's a massive hole in the ground at Royal Inland
IN ONE OF MY MANY stays at Royal Inland Hospital over the past three years, I was placed in a ward overlooking the south side of the hospital grounds. Every morning, I woke up and looked out the window and saw the construction underway for the new half-baked cancer treatment centre. Sadly, there was a large gap in the ...
Jan 15, 2026
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