Category Archives: Column
SOUND OFF: What is the difference between a food policy council and frontline services?
PEOPLE OFTEN MISUNDERSTAND what I do for work. When I tell people I work for the Kamloops Food Policy Council (KFPC), they ask if that's a food bank. Although frontline services like the food bank hav...
Nov 15, 2024
COLLINS: John Horgan had 'the gift'
SOME POLITICIANS transcend the party they represent. John Horgan, who passed away this week, was such a person. I liked the way be could portray someone you could trust. I have no idea if you could tr...
Nov 14, 2024
SOUND OFF: New 'iconic' Kamloops tourist attraction in development
TOURISM KAMLOOPS IS IN THE PROCESS of hiring a consultant to help develop an "iconic attraction" in Kamloops - an initiative that aims to "enhance the city's appeal as a premier tourism destination in...
Nov 13, 2024
COLLINS: It's shocking how easily mistakes can happen when people aren't thinking clearly
GOVERNMENTS CAN EASILY MAKE MISSTEPS when they're desperate for approval. Immigration has been a significant topic of discussion for some time now. Some well-intentioned policymakers in Ottawa decided...
Nov 10, 2024
COLLINS: Kamloops-Thompson School District continues to face huge uphill battle
THE KAMLOOPS-THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT has been working hard to try to rebalance its budget after being put in a $2 million hole earlier this year. The mistake, which originated with a line in the budg...
Nov 07, 2024
PEARCE: What is prosperity and how do we truly define it?
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FALL AFTERNOON, with sunlight filtering through a stained-glass window, casting a rainbow of colors on the art-covered walls at the Art We Are Cafe. With my little pot of coffee clo...
Nov 06, 2024
COLLINS: Sometimes you have to abandon your principles and yield to your natural instinct
THIS PAST THURSDAY WAS HALLOWEEN and kids young and old around the world enjoyed trick-or-treating. And while treats were most definitely enjoyed, there were also tricks - some more traumatic than oth...
Nov 03, 2024
SOUND OFF: Cutting carbon emissions can be easy and accessible to Kamloops residents
"JUST UNDER TWO-IN-FIVE British Columbians think the introduction of the carbon tax has led people to be more mindful of their carbon consumption and change their behaviour", a new ResearchCo Poll fin...
Oct 30, 2024
COLLINS: The mind doesn't always listen
THE NUMBER OF CRIMINAL CASES where mental problems play a part seems to be increasing at a breakneck pace. Shootings attributed to people with a long history of mental issues pervade the daily news cy...
Oct 20, 2024
COLLINS: Do you understand what's at stake Saturday?
IT'S SIMPLE. Do you want to continue living with the status quo? Or do you want a change to the right? Or is there another alternative? Do you know what any of the parties stand for? I bet you don't. ...
Oct 17, 2024
