Category Archives: Column
Rising boat traffic on North Thompson River creates risks
KAMLOOPS - IN THE WAKE OF the terrible collision between two personal watercraft and the search for the missing operator of one of them, a lot of warnings and advice are being issued right now about s...
Aug 02, 2018
‘No Jab, No Pay,’ not here
KAMLOOPS - Australia has a blunt way of getting parents to vaccinate their children called "No Jab, No Pay." As the name suggests, parents don't receive welfare payments, tax benefits, and child-care ...
Aug 02, 2018
Made-in-Kamloops solution needed for public washrooms
KAMLOOPS - WE NEED TO RETHINK public washrooms. First of all, there aren't enough of them. If Nature calls when you're shopping downtown or on the Tranquille strip, for example, better hope you can fi...
Aug 01, 2018
The Weaponization of Politics
KAMLOOPS - "Revenge is a dish best served cold." No one is certain who first said these words but in the case of Premier Doug Ford of Ontario, it could be rewritten to say something about being served...
Jul 31, 2018
Mandatory seatbelts for all buses long overdue
KAMLOOPS - ALL NEWLY BUILT highway buses will be required to have seatbelts starting in September of 2020. When a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team collided with a semi in April, 16...
Jul 31, 2018
Will party politics make a return to City Hall?
KAMLOOPS - IS IT TIME to party - so to speak - in Kamloops City Hall? What brings the question to mind in a round-about way is Ontario Premier Doug Ford's decision to cut the number of Toronto City co...
Jul 30, 2018
Getting used to using less and better – a viable solution
KAMLOOPS - I saw the dry yellow pastures and lawns as soon as we got close to the ferry terminal. As if nothing but rain was to bring any water to the parched land. This was Salt Spring Island, but th...
Jul 30, 2018
Small Business; Big Heart
KAMLOOPS - I have a friend who works in the RV repair industry. He has an independent business that he built from the ground up on integrity, skill and reputation. Additionally, he has given his time ...
Jul 29, 2018
Food-truck lineup a good way to reconnect with human race
KAMLOOPS - "I don't even know what they've got," said the man behind me in the food-truck lineup. "Neither do I," I said. "I'm just hoping for hot dogs and fries." We were so far back we had no idea w...
Jul 28, 2018
Vernon shopping cart ban rolls homelessness problem down the road
IMAGINE BELIEVING you can do something positive for your community by banning shopping carts. That’s just what Vernon did this week, after a business coalition came to council with a suite of re...
Jul 27, 2018
