Category Archives: Column
COLLINS: Shades of Jim Carrey
SEVERAL COMMUNITIES, including our nation's capital, are investigating the idea of a "bubble bylaw." This is the latest scheme to prevent protestors from disrupting high profile events at high profile...
May 18, 2025
PETERS: Keeping people cool ain't what it used to be
THE CITY OF KAMLOOPS is changing up the model of how it offers cooling services to its residents - and that's probably warranted.In the past few years, the city has opened up central locations like Sa...
May 16, 2025
COLLINS: The NDP does it to us again
YOU WOULD THINK WE WOULD KNOW BY NOW that trusting the NDP, especially in the field of medicine - and specifically cancer treatment - is treading on unstable ground. A vast group of politicians and he...
May 15, 2025
SOUND OFF: Celebrating National Nursing Week
NURSES ARE THE BACKBONE of our healthcare system. They don't just support our physical health, they carry the emotional weight of care with empathy, strength and grace. Their skill, commitment and com...
May 14, 2025
COLLINS: Education — another trouble spot
FOR THE PAST WHILE, I have enjoyed the weekly newsletters of School District 73 Superintendent Rhonda Nixon, who takes us through her week visiting schools in the district and pointing out what variou...
May 11, 2025
PETERS: The highs and lows of Kamloops council
THIS WEEK, we saw the highs and lows of what Kamloops council can do.First, the highs.What council did this week in launching the process to open its own medical clinic is a glimpse of the potential p...
May 09, 2025
SOUND OFF: Delivering on infrastructure projects in your community
WHETHER IT'S A SCHOOL, hospital or highway, British Columbians rely on our province's public infrastructure every day. Yet B.C.'s extraordinary population growth in recent years has placed significant...
May 07, 2025
SOUND OFF: School District 73 — please reverse your decision to cut the after-school Strings program
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF as a parent of two children at Kamloops School of the Arts. My eldest daughter, Avalon, has had the privilege of learning to play the cello this year through the Strin...
May 06, 2025
COLLINS: He is crass, he is a liar — and yet the world bows at his feet
IS DONALD TRUMP'S PLAN working? You might be right if you said "yes" to that question. When Trump came to power just over 100 days ago, he signed so many executive orders, twisting the global economy ...
May 04, 2025
PETERS: Elections Canada did not do enough to fix its voter card mistake
ANYONE WHO WAS PREVENTED FROM VOTING on Monday because of a screwup at Elections Canada has a right to be more than a little perturbed.Many residents of the Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies riding rec...
May 03, 2025
