Category Archives: Column
Canada's contribution to NATO
DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S Alternate Truth tour of Europe, he scolded NATO countries: “Many countries are not paying what they should. And, frankly, many countries owe us a tremendous amount...
Jul 20, 2018
Illegal dams –another BC Liberal legacy
KAMLOOPS - The NDP government has inherited a number of issues from the BC Liberals; some anticipated and some a complete surprise. One expected problem was B.C.'s medical services premium. B.C. was t...
Jul 19, 2018
Can a black actor play a white character, and vice versa?
KAMLOOPS - I'M CONFUSED ABOUT what ethnic origin you must have before you're allowed to be an actor. A Canadian director named Robert LePage is in hot water because his new play called Kanata, describ...
Jul 19, 2018
NDP’s plan to boss public infrastructure projects could be costly
KAMLOOPS - YOU REALLY HAD TO DIG deep to figure out the fine print in Premier John Horgan's announcement that a new Crown corporation called B.C. Infrastructure Benefits Inc. will now oversee contract...
Jul 18, 2018
Let’s hope this doesn’t become another summer of blockades
KAMLOOPS - BLOCKADES ARE AN OFT-USED tactic for bringing attention to causes. They haven't always ended well. Fortunately, an occupation by an anti-pipeline group at the North Thompson River Provincia...
Jul 17, 2018
Subsidizing An Inter-Community Bus System
KAMLOOPS - Did anyone else notice the sounds of silence and inaction from Ottawa and Edmonton when Greyhound announced they were abandoning passenger and freight service in the West? Given the loud vo...
Jul 17, 2018
Most of the human-caused troubles can be avoided
KAMLOOPS - There is nothing like thick billows of wildfire smoke close to town to remind everyone that Mother Nature has an indubitable upper hand. Humbling. As the fire was raging, I heard someone sa...
Jul 16, 2018
Give a cheer for the crew that saved the eaglets in peril
KAMLOOPS- NOT TO WORRY, the eagles are ooooookay! Oh, yeah, and there was a big wildfire that could have burned down a lot of houses, too. But back to the eagles. I'm just kidding, of course. If the E...
Jul 16, 2018
Cunning as Serpents and Innocent as Doves
This week Miranda Hoffman sent a video to the CFJC Newsroom of a rattlesnake crossing her path out near Tranquille Creek. The Newsroom then posted that short clip to their social media. There was no a...
Jul 15, 2018
Letter signed by five councillors raises questions
SEVERAL WORDS COME TO MIND with respect to the open letter signed by five City councillors in support of proportional representation. Courageous. Creative. Strange. Setting aside the PR issue itself f...
Jul 14, 2018
