Category Archives: Column
PETERS: More than just a hockey game
LAST NIGHT'S FOUR NATIONS FACEOFF final pitting Canada against the United States transcended the sport of hockey.Generations from now, Canadians will tell their children and grandchildren where they w...
Feb 21, 2025
COLLINS: Simon and Garfunkel didn't get it quite right
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL but haunting songs ever was Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence. Given when it was written, it speaks to lost hope. The end of the Vietnam War, the start of a period of un...
Feb 20, 2025
COLLINS: Council right to push back on proposed BC Housing project
WITH ALL THAT THE BILLIONAIRE CLUB is up to these days and the effect it has on our future, it's hard to avoid talking about Donnie the Destroyer and Cutthroat Musk.Nonetheless today, let's talk about...
Feb 16, 2025
PETERS: Even in our camera-mad world, we need to be wary of government surveillance
KAMLOOPS COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING whether to okay widespread surveillance on public infrastructure as a means to deter crime.Just 20 years ago, such an idea would have been summarily decried as foreign ...
Feb 14, 2025
COLLINS: The reality is — we're pretty ignorant
WE ALL HAVE OPINIONS. You have yours. I have mine. Most of these opinions are based on very little real information. We have a very small picture of the workings of the world. Our solutions are based ...
Feb 13, 2025
SOUND OFF: A seed of hope for spring
IT'S THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY when I'm sitting down to write this. We're in the middle of a cold snap - our first real cold spell of the winter. It's a little late coming this year, but here it is a...
Feb 11, 2025
SOUND OFF: Valleyview letter was over the top
DEAR EDITOR, I was deeply moved by the heartwarming tale of Valleyview, where apparently every resident is either a courageous firefighter, a beloved former mayor's relative, or someone who exchanges ...
Feb 10, 2025
COLLINS: Why do people take social media posts as gospel?
THE ONSLAUGHT OF ATTACKS by trolls, hackers and ne'er-do-wells have made social media pretty much useless as a meaningful form of communication. There's a lot of gossip, lies and, at the very least, m...
Feb 09, 2025
PETERS: Are national anthems really necessary before every sporting event?
NOTHING UNITES CANADIANS like a common enemy - especially when that enemy is actually our best friend, the United States of America.An Angus Reid poll found the number of Canadians who described thems...
Feb 07, 2025
SOUND OFF: Help us preserve Valleyview, because your neighbourhood might be next
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE you to my community. My spouse grew up in the house we live in which we purchased from his parents years ago. Beside us, we have the courageous firefighter, his beautiful wif...
Feb 06, 2025
