Category Archives: Column

EARLIER THIS YEAR, Kamloops Airport joined the Biosphere Commitment Program, which helps tourism businesses in the Thompson-Okanagan area adopt a more sustainable approach. Launched by the Thompson Ok...

TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY of an important month.This month marks the time when we celebrate those who are part of the 2SLBGTQIA+ community. This group has fought hard for recognition and acceptance from ...

NINE MONTHS AFTER THE ELECTION, the major players in Victoria are still grasping desperately at power.On one side, there is the BC NDP, governing with the slimmest of majorities.They just passed Bill ...

MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE of those we love requires a strength that takes us to the limit. Moving a family member from home to a care facility means you are determining the future course of th...

THE GLOBAL ECONOMY is undergoing rapid and fundamental change.Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine is accelerating Europe's move away from Russian energy. President Trump's trade wars have made countri...

MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT - the visit to Canada by King Charles and Queen Camilla this week is a HUGE deal for our country. (Sorry for the 'all caps' - the Trump School of Writing creeping in). Serious...

WHERE DO PEOPLE GO when they don't have a home?Every city grapples with that question and few have come up with any ideas that are remotely close to broadly satisfactory.A solution like a day space th...

CANADA POST IS DEAD in its present form. The question today is whether the corporation can change enough to survive. And that is what the government needs to decide. Remember those old scenic Xmas car...

FROM DAY ONE as B.C.'s Minister of Forests, I have been blown away by the work of the BC Wildfire Service. I have never met a more dedicated, hard-working group of people, and I am grateful every day ...

HERE WE GO AGAIN, again, another orbit around the sun and into Spring of 2025. The sun shines, flowers bloom, the air is filled with the sweet smell of lilacs, and little swift dandelions call the fri...