Category Archives: Column

THE PAST SIX YEARS have brought quite a roller coaster ride for the Trans Mountain pipeline. The original pipe was completed in 1953, but it was only 2012 when Kinder Morgan said it wanted to expand t...

I'M GLAD TO SEE that the improvements to the Westmount elementary traffic situation will be ready for the first day of school next week. Traffic to and from the drop-off area at the school has caused ...

HEARING VOICES is often regarded as a sign of mental illness. But maybe voices are just part of a spectrum. Professor T. M. Luhrmann says the idea of a continuum of voices is gaining recognition: "Thi...

KAMLOOPS - THERE ARE TIMES when I have hope for City of Kamloops planners. A report on Phase 2 of the Downtown Plan process was presented Tuesday and there's some good stuff in there. Never mind that ...

BEFORE POINTING FINGERS in public, sometimes it's better to take a more positive approach and ask questions first. Take the health issues around wildfire smoke, for example. Everybody who breathes kno...

ALMOST EVERY WEEK I read a comment or have someone tell me how disappointed he or she is with a particular councillor or two. And by way of explanation they say something along the lines of: "We elect...

KAMLOOPS - I WAS PROUD of Kamloops on Sunday. Hundreds of people walked in the second annual Downtown Pride Parade, many of them representing social service agencies, volunteer groups and corporations...

KAMLOOPS - The Falls View Trail in Peterson Creek has a new and shiny sign post at the trail start letting cyclists know the route is not suitable for bikes due to sharp turns hence reduced visibility...

BEING OPENLY AND PUBLICLY VULNERABLE isn't easy, and no one knows that better than the members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you are part of that community then I'm going to ask something of you that is...

TOOK A NOSTALGIA TOUR this week, driving up Goose Lake Road. It's different now than when KGHM was busy with pre-development on the Ajax project, but there are relics all along the way. Every half a k...