Category Archives: Column

WHEN I LOOK BACK UPON 2024, I cannot think of a year that was quite as crazy as this, from one end to the other. City council was always in the news - sometimes getting kudos, sometimes dodging arrows...

Here's our dilemma, folks. We're trying desperately to stay afloat. Many can't afford Christmas dinner, a solitary gift under the tree, and still afford to pay the rent and the monthly heat and electr...

THERE IS SPECULATION from south of the border that one of the first things Donald Trump will do when he takes office is try to repeal the 22nd Amendment to the United States constitution.That's the co...

MAYBE IT'S THE FACT that I spent most of this year in hospital, or maybe it's the seniors' dilemma of trying to keep the wolf away from the door, but it seems that there's a lot more on people's minds...

AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, female politicians are disproportionately targeted by violence and harassment. This is true regardless of party affiliation. Given the nonpartisan nature of this targetin...

THE PHRASE 'THE PERFECT STORM' is most often used to describe an atmospheric incident where major systems come together to create the conditions leading to a possible devastating event. More loosely u...

MANY DEFINITIONS of food sovereignty emphasize the right to access culturally relevant foods, including the following from La Via Campesina: "Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and cu...

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN another tough one for Kamloops.CFJC will air a 'Top 10 News Stories of 2024' special later this month that will really underline that point.Some of the biggest stories of the year i...

Second Harvest (2024) reports that nearly 50 per cent of food in Canada is wasted, costing the country $58 billion yearly. Around 63 per cent of Canadians throw away food that could have been eaten, a...

IT'S TAKEN SOME TIME AND LOTS OF HARD WORK, but the North Shore Business Improvement Association is slowly changing the face of the Tranquille Corridor. There is still a long way to go, but new additi...