Category Archives: Column

THIS LITTLE ADAGE has been around for a while now. Maybe a better explanation of the phrase is "You can't have it both ways."BC Ferries has announced four additions to its fleet will be built in China...

IT'S NICE THAT UBER is coming to Kamloops. Our community could use some more safe options for people to get home - especially now that we're allowing liquor consumption in Riverside Park.Council has a...

WITH B.C. AIMING TO SELL only zero-emission cars by 2035, Kamloops drivers are increasingly making the switch to electric or hybrid cars. But what's the difference between the two? Electric vehicles (...

MOST OF US have heard the saying, "Don't open a can of worms," implying that if you do, all hell will break loose.There's another statement that carries a lot of weight in light of our losing battle a...

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO EASY to reduce bees to simple honey-making, anaphylaxis-inducing insects. Without a deeper understanding of the relationship between these pollinators and our everyday lives, we ...

LOCAL JUNE 6/25 headlines read:"Report on Sarai's Tapegate results in slap on the wrist." -Armchair Mayor"Councillor Sarai breached oath by recording mayor and covering it up."-Infonews"Investigation ...

"WHAT TO MAKE OF A DIMINISHED THING". As I read the recent report on Kamloops debt load per person, I found myself realizing that we might be missing the point about the nondemocratic ways of the curr...

I MOVED TO KAMLOOPS IN 1970 and, at that time, many people believed Kamloops would become the main hub of the Interior. With access to highways leading in all directions, both national railways passin...

THE CRISIS IN LOCAL MEDIA hit close to home this week.It has hit close to home before, with the closures of Kamloops Daily News and Kamloops This Week, and the gutting of the Stingray newsroom.On Tues...

AS MLAs HEAD BACK to their home constituencies following the end of the spring legislative session, a dark cloud looms over BC with the advancement of the overreaching Bills 14 and 15, which are now p...