Category Archives: Column
Blood; it's in you to give (if you can get an appointment)
THIS RECOUNTING of a conversation I had earlier this week is condensed and therefore not verbatim, but it's pretty darn close: *K - me *VNL - Very Nice Lady -- *phone rings* K: "Hello?" VNL: "Hi, I'm ...
Sep 09, 2018
Time for Kamloops MLAs to turn their attention from TRU to SD73
THE LAST SCHOOL TO BE BUILT in the Kamloops-Thompson School District was Pacific Way Elementary in 2000. In the 18 years that have passed since then, there has been a conservatively estimated $2.5 bil...
Sep 07, 2018
Time for Kamloops MLAs to turn their attention from TRU to SD73
THE LAST SCHOOL TO BE BUILT in the Kamloops-Thompson School District was Pacific Way Elementary in 2000. In the 18 years that have passed since then, there has been a conservatively estimated $2.5 bil...
Sep 07, 2018
One power grid solves the green energy problem
KAMLOOPS - Solar and wind energy suffer from a storage problem. They produce in abundance, often too much, when the wind blows and the sun shines. Storage of that abundance is one solution but it's ex...
Sep 06, 2018
One power grid solves the green energy problem
KAMLOOPS - Solar and wind energy suffer from a storage problem. They produce in abundance, often too much, when the wind blows and the sun shines. Storage of that abundance is one solution but it's ex...
Sep 06, 2018
More discussion about City Hall
A FEW WEEKS AGO, I asked readers to let me know what was on their minds regarding the upcoming City Election. What were the questions needing answers? We know from past experience that there's a tende...
Sep 04, 2018
Back to school should not add new debt
KAMLOOPS- There was a time when back to school shopping meant purchasing a fair number of notebooks - one for each subject ideally, pencils, pens (a fountain pen too, but that was back then!) and, if ...
Sep 03, 2018
Back to school should not add new debt
KAMLOOPS- There was a time when back to school shopping meant purchasing a fair number of notebooks - one for each subject ideally, pencils, pens (a fountain pen too, but that was back then!) and, if ...
Sep 03, 2018
A parent's non-comprehensive guide to the first day of school
RUMOUR HAS IT that kids go back to school on Tuesday. Like, this Tuesday. As in, the day after tomorrow. Every year it sneaks up and I'm never quite ready, but I have learned a few things over the las...
Sep 02, 2018
Why it's okay, even necessary, to grieve for our dogs
His dog up and died He up and died After twenty years he still grieves - 'Mr. Bojangles,' Jerry Jeff Walker I'VE ALWAYS MARVELLED at the ease with which beings from one species connect with those of a...
Sep 01, 2018
