Category Archives: Column
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
Let's stop fighting about pit bulls and look for solutions
ANOTHER FATAL PIT BULL ATTACK, this time in Calgary, and once again the question of whether to ban the breed comes up. It's a little like the gun-control debate. Every time there's an incident, the ar...
Sep 19, 2018
Let's stop fighting about pit bulls and look for solutions
ANOTHER FATAL PIT BULL ATTACK, this time in Calgary, and once again the question of whether to ban the breed comes up. It's a little like the gun-control debate. Every time there's an incident, the ar...
Sep 19, 2018
Holding two political jobs at once is one too many
HOW MANY public offices should one person hold? Is one enough? Two? Three? Kamloops Coun. Donovan Cavers wants two. He's filed nomination papers to retain his seat on Kamloops council, as well as for ...
Sep 18, 2018
Holding two political jobs at once is one too many
HOW MANY public offices should one person hold? Is one enough? Two? Three? Kamloops Coun. Donovan Cavers wants two. He's filed nomination papers to retain his seat on Kamloops council, as well as for ...
Sep 18, 2018
Politics can be a cold, hard, cruel world
IN LAST WEEK’S COLUMN, Councillor Sinclair took me to task for not mentioning what a great job she was doing responding to emails and phone calls. Previous to that, she was complaining about how...
Sep 18, 2018
Politics can be a cold, hard, cruel world
IN LAST WEEK’S COLUMN, Councillor Sinclair took me to task for not mentioning what a great job she was doing responding to emails and phone calls. Previous to that, she was complaining about how...
Sep 18, 2018
Our teenagers are vaping away at the cost of their health
KAMLOOPS - On August 30, 2018, the San Francisco-based company Juul Labs Inc. announced its arrival to Canada. Their products will be available for sale starting this month. The Juul memory stick-like...
Sep 17, 2018
Our teenagers are vaping away at the cost of their health
KAMLOOPS - On August 30, 2018, the San Francisco-based company Juul Labs Inc. announced its arrival to Canada. Their products will be available for sale starting this month. The Juul memory stick-like...
Sep 17, 2018
Life after concussion
I’M A PRETTY TOUGH COOKIE. (Suggested listening while you read: Bluebird by Luca Fogale.) I once walked around on a broken kneecap and torn meniscus for a week before realizing I needed medical ...
Sep 16, 2018
