Category Archives: Column
PETERS: Shedding the 'Crime Capital' title no reason for Kamloops to rest on our laurels
WE TALK ABOUT CRIME using two methods in Kamloops.One is anecdotal, sharing stories from people and businesses who have fallen victim.The second is more empirical, through statistics and reports.Neith...
Jul 25, 2025
SOUND OFF: Recruiting doctors to build a stronger system
BRITISH COLUMBIA IS ONE of the greatest places on earth to live and work, and our top resource is our hard-working and talented professionals across all sectors, including health care. As with many re...
Jul 24, 2025
COLLINS: Trust in others is waning
TRUST IS A WORD that is used more and more in a negative sense than a positive one. We put a lot less trust, for example, in the news comments that inundate us every day. If it's FOX News, do we belie...
Jul 24, 2025
SOUND OFF: Growing pains — learning to garden in Kamloops
WHEN MY HUSBAND DREW AND I bought our house, I never anticipated gardening would become a significant part of our lives. The landscaping was scarce - lots of dirt and dust, save for one lilac bush and...
Jul 21, 2025
COLLINS: It would be so nice if seniors could catch a break.
INTERESTING THAT A NUMBER of critical medical procedures cannot be done outside a clinic. Seniors are finding that they are on the outside looking in when it comes to a number of critical procedures. ...
Jul 20, 2025
SOUND OFF: Supporting the interactive digital media in B.C.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN a more important time to support and grow our own industries here in B.C. For many of us that brings to mind the food we grow, the fish we catch and the lumber we harvest right here...
Jul 17, 2025
COLLINS: Just another day keeping tourists away
I HAVE WRITTEN IN THE PAST about the impact all the road construction has on tourists trying to make their way through the new tourist attraction known as the Kamloops Maze. Unfortunately, the mess do...
Jul 17, 2025
COLLINS: Trump’s stupidity is contagious
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT you'd had enough of Donald Trump something happens to make you say "my God, enough punishment already." The latest isn't actually precipitated by Donald himself. At least not dir...
Jul 13, 2025
Supporting families with reproductive services
THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE to raise a family than in British Columbia, but the path to parenthood looks different for everyone.In-vitro fertilization, or IVF, can help make the dream of parenthood a rea...
Jul 10, 2025
COLLINS: The NDP continues its ignorance
THE NDP GOVERNMENT OF DAVID EBY continues to try to blind us with BS. For example, why do politicians and "experts" sitting behind desks in Victoria think they know more than the people in the trenche...
Jul 10, 2025
