Category Archives: Column
COLLINS: Rising insurance costs are another drain on your financial resources
IT IS SOMETIMES NOT PLACED as high up the priority list as it should be but skyrocketing prices for insurance of all kinds is hitting us hard, and it's only going to escalate. Every time there is a na...
Feb 06, 2025
SOUND OFF: Transparency and accountability — setting the record straight
RECENT CFJC EDITORIALS by James Peters and Joey Jack have suggested that Kamloops Citizens United (KCU) should be more transparent about our fundraising - who our donors are and how much they've donat...
Feb 03, 2025
COLLINS: The battle is on
MY FAMILY TOLD ME my original title for this commentary was too far over the top. It was along the lines of, "If you're not a bigot, white or a right-wing Christian, if you're a minority of any kind, ...
Feb 02, 2025
SOUND OFF: Kamloops Citizens United should be more transparent about the donations it is receiving
GREEK PHILOSOPHER SOCRATES once said, "The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavour to be what you desire to appear" - meaning credibility isn't just about branding or public relations. Credibili...
Jan 31, 2025
PETERS: Are there any arguments left that could derail a proposed housing project?
THE NEED FOR HOUSING in Kamloops has never been greater.According to a housing needs report received by council last month, the city will have to add more than 23,000 new units in the next 15 to 20 ye...
Jan 31, 2025
COLLINS: How valuable are city plans?
KAMLOOPS COUNCIL's decisions recently on land use make me somewhat skeptical of the city's Master Plan for zoning and development. If I were moving to Kamloops, I would look at the master plan and det...
Jan 30, 2025
COLLINS: Words that used to guide us are no longer relevant
TIMES HAVE CHANGED. No longer are we the respectful society that there was when I was growing up. And the words that used to guide our conduct are seldom used any more. In fact, the words are so littl...
Jan 26, 2025
PETERS: Taxpayers should not have to pay a nickel for mayor's axe-grinding lawsuit against councillor
IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING WE LEARNED this week about the state of Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson's defamation lawsuit against Councillor Katie Neustaeter, it may seem to make the most sense for the mayor to ju...
Jan 24, 2025
COLLINS: Council in a muddle over multiplex?
FORGIVE ME IF I APPROACH the idea of a new multiplex in Dufferin with a little trepidation now that more information is coming out. Last fall, citizens approved the borrowing of up to $125 million dol...
Jan 23, 2025
COLLINS: The end of the world as we know it?
TOMORROW, DONALD TRUMP IS BACK. And there is no one who knows for sure - even Trump himself - in which direction the US, and ultimately the world, will head. If Trump carries out even a quarter of wha...
Jan 19, 2025
