Category Archives: Column
The first Canadians
WE ARRIVED IN NORTH AMERICA, in what is now Canada, 16,000 years ago. Within a few thousand years, three quarters of the continent's large animals were gone. By "we," I don't mean we European colonize...
Apr 19, 2018
Forget about putting my tax dollars into a pipeline
KAMLOOPS - Whatever happened to free enterprise in this country? Texas-based Kinder Morgan's threat to pull the plug on Trans Mountain if jurisdictional squabbles aren't resolved by the end of May has...
Apr 18, 2018
Not only must a law be right, it must also be just
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT the law and the supposed pipeline constitutional crisis some say we are entering into. I'm talking of course about Kinder Morgan and I'll begin with a confession: Until recently, ...
Apr 17, 2018
An independent Cascadia will never become a reality
A LOT OF PEOPLE had probably never heard of Cascadia before Coun. Donovan Cavers tweeted about it last week. Most of the reaction to his tweet was about a remark he made about Prime Minister Justin Tr...
Apr 17, 2018
Can someone please explain what ‘national interest’ means?
KAMLOOPS - Can someone please provide a clear definition of "the national interest" when it comes to pipelines? I ask this in the wake of Sunday's meeting in Ottawa between Prime Minister Justin Trude...
Apr 16, 2018
The individual changes first and the world follows
KAMLOOPS - Twice a week I get to spend an hour sipping tea and reading while my little guy is in karate class. In a coffee shop, that is. Every time I order, I have to make sure I mention 'for here' a...
Apr 16, 2018
A candid conversation with none other than Joe Troll
HEY, if it isn't Joe Troll. Good morning, Joe! JOE TROLL: You're an idiot! Great day, isn't it? JOE TROLL: That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Do your $%^&^&@ research! Joe, you seem t...
Apr 14, 2018
Are we a country or aren't we?
THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION of the Trans Mountain debate doesn’t really have anything to do with how the pipeline expansion will impact the environment. Almost all environmental impacts are hypothe...
Apr 13, 2018
On Cavers – freedom of speech doesn’t mean you have to use it
KAMLOOPS - Now that we've had a couple of days to be indignant about Coun. Donovan Cavers' latest faux pas, let's try to figure out what it is, exactly, we're indignant about. On Wednesday, Cavers twe...
Apr 13, 2018
The financialized self
WE HAVE BECOME ENTREPRENEURS in the era of globalization. Each of us is a little business, left to navigate the risky world of investments and the stock market. As a consequence, the role that the sta...
Apr 12, 2018
