Category Archives: Column
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
SOUND OFF: How artificial intelligence can help Kamloops' construction industry
Business Intelligence for B.C. recently reported that AI-powered robots are helping boost B.C.'s construction industry. On Mitchell Island, for instance, new AI-powered robots were seen moving concret...
Oct 14, 2024
SOUND OFF: Relaunching Food and the City to address food security in Kamloops
THE KAMLOOPS FOOD POLICY COUNCIL (KFPC) has been working on our relaunch of Food and the City, a citizen-led policy research initiative aimed at addressing key community concerns regarding food securi...
Oct 14, 2024
COLLINS: How do Americans keep getting suckered by Donald Trump?
THE REAL ISSUE in any political campaign is the ability to control the news cycle. In the United States right now, much of the news has been controlled by Donald Trump. How does he do it? By lying. By...
Oct 13, 2024
COLLINS: If it's Tuesday, this must be Kamloops
IF IT'S TUESDAY, this must be Kamloops. I'm paraphrasing an old 1969 movie that starred Suzanne Pleshette and a whole host of actors just getting started in the business. It's a mixture of comedy, adv...
Oct 10, 2024
COLLINS: Changes in our justice system are critical
TWO FRIENDS OF MINE lost tens of thousands of dollars in equipment and tools in the past few weeks. It's getting to be ludicrous, and a weak justice system is at least partially to blame. In one insta...
Oct 03, 2024
COLLINS: Someone finally takes the lead in reducing plastics
BIG SHOUT-OUT today to the governor of California. Gavin Newsom last week signed into law a bill that would ban all plastic bags in the state starting in 2026. While some states and some places in Can...
Sep 29, 2024
COLLINS: Is rehashing old ideas going to help in the war on drugs?
MENTAL ILLNESS HAS BECOME one of the major crises facing the world today. That, coupled with the drug crisis, is on everyone's lips. There are all sorts of ideas being put forward, but there is little...
Sep 26, 2024
SOUND OFF: Red Bridge could rise from the ashes, literally – here’s how
TURNS OUT the Red Bridge could be brought back to life stronger, wider and better than ever, and keep its historic look. A man who knows how to do it will be in town today.Randy Ludwar lives in the Ok...
Sep 23, 2024
