Category Archives: Column

I'M AN OLD MAN.That might not seem like much of an accomplishment to you, but there've been times when I thought I might not make it this far.I turned 75 this week and that pretty much seals the deal....

THERE ARE TWO PLAUSIBLE EXTREMES when it comes to the legal system's handling of drug possession.On one extreme is Singapore, which has capital punishment and uses it 70 per cent of the time to execut...

THE QUALITIES THAT MEN NEED in the workplace have changed. A study of 16 professional Canadian men found that traditional male behaviour no longer serves them well.Traditional male values such as infa...

THE HORRIFYING CARNAGE in Sri Lanka this week - just the latest in a seemingly never-ending stream of horrifying carnage - is a long way from Kamloops and we might be tempted to think it has nothing m...

THERE REALLY SHOULD BE a recovery program for ex-politicians, one that gradually weans them off the compulsive need to be in the limelight. Terry Lake is the latest to try to quit, and to relapse. The...

WHEN BOUNCING THE CONCEPT of this column off of my husband I asked, "What would you say is the most important rule for interacting on social media?" His answer? "Don't." Wise man I married. But for th...

ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO, I began reading my pristine 1968 edition of The American People's Encyclopedia. I bought it from a door-to-door salesman after I got my first full-time job at a newspaper in Pri...

KAMLOOPS HAS A HISTORY of punching above its weight when it comes to notoriety in B.C. It’s well-known in journalism circles that, if you’re not working in the Lower Mainland, Kamloops is ...

IN LIGHT OF A COUPLE OF TIMELY NEWS STORIES, Refraction’s Katie Neustaeter looks back at her January 13, 2019 column on the possibilities presented by a performing arts centre in Kamloops.

I WAS A LITTLE HARD ON NETFLIX in an earlier column. The video-streaming giant had told a panel reviewing Canada's Broadcast Act that market forces should determine their success, not regulations. I e...