Category Archives: Column
When maternity leave ends
THE DAY YOU GO BACK TO WORK after your maternity leave ends is an experience that is unique to women who work outside of the home. (Suggested listening while you read: ‘To Zion’ by Lauryn ...
Sep 23, 2018
First election forum was a mulligan; candidates will get better
THE FIRST CAMPAIGN FORUM of the new civic election season Saturday was a lot more valuable to the candidates than it was for the 40 or so people who listened to them try to answer questions. That's th...
Sep 23, 2018
First election forum was a mulligan; candidates will get better
THE FIRST CAMPAIGN FORUM of the new civic election season Saturday was a lot more valuable to the candidates than it was for the 40 or so people who listened to them try to answer questions. That's th...
Sep 23, 2018
Running twice, running in place and not running at all
SOME CIVIC ELECTION odds and ends to catch up on this week. I've recently written about a couple of quirks of our civic election system. One is that people are allowed to run for more than one office ...
Sep 22, 2018
Running twice, running in place and not running at all
SOME CIVIC ELECTION odds and ends to catch up on this week. I've recently written about a couple of quirks of our civic election system. One is that people are allowed to run for more than one office ...
Sep 22, 2018
Media members who can retire on their own terms are the lucky ones
DALE BASS RETIRED THIS MONTH after nearly two decades at Kamloops This Week. I don’t know Dale very well, but I’m well enough aware that she has been a champion of journalism in Kamloops, ...
Sep 21, 2018
Media members who can retire on their own terms are the lucky ones
DALE BASS RETIRED THIS MONTH after nearly two decades at Kamloops This Week. I don’t know Dale very well, but I’m well enough aware that she has been a champion of journalism in Kamloops, ...
Sep 21, 2018
Have your FPTP and vote PR too
KAMLOOPS - One voting system doesn't fit all of B.C. That's why I like the Rural-Urban system of proportional representation. It recognizes the vast geography of parts of our province and the diversit...
Sep 20, 2018
Have your FPTP and vote PR too
KAMLOOPS - One voting system doesn't fit all of B.C. That's why I like the Rural-Urban system of proportional representation. It recognizes the vast geography of parts of our province and the diversit...
Sep 20, 2018
The upcoming civic election doesn't have to be boring
MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER heard of William Turnbull. I certainly didn't until he decided to run for mayor of Kamloops - then I had to look him up. Turnbull is not a household name but he's been involved with...
Sep 20, 2018
