Category Archives: Column
The time will soon come for the privatization of Canada Post
KAMLOOPS - This week’s announcement that the Liberals will freeze conversions to community mailboxes is the classic definition of compromise: it is bound to make no one happy. The postal workers...
Jan 26, 2018
Are overseas trips just paid vacations for politicians?
KAMLOOPS - Whether it's provincial and federal politicians on trade missions, or City councillors teaching overseas countries about governance, the public is always suspicious about whether it's a was...
Jan 25, 2018
Minimum wage hike a boon to economy
KAMLOOPS - Higher minimum wages are good for the economy but you would never know it from Ontario's experience. Their hike to $14 dollars per hour has taken an ugly turn. Seattle's experience was quit...
Jan 25, 2018
Not buying the idea that pot shops will increase property values
KAMLOOPS - The latest bit of hallucinogenic malarkey coming out of the marijuana debate is that pot stores have the potential to raise property values in nearby neighbourhoods. You heard that right. A...
Jan 24, 2018
More Father Knows Best
KAMLOOPS - Last week's column on the perils of pot and how Father Knows Best, drew a number of responses but one in particular caught my eye. In this case, the reader felt City Hall was doing what the...
Jan 23, 2018
Politicians who quit too soon should pay by-election costs
KAMLOOPS - The Kelowna West by-election is officially underway. Unofficially, it's been going on for months, but Premier John Horgan has finally set the date for Feb. 14 - Valentine's Day. It's been m...
Jan 23, 2018
Affordable housing plan signals new attitude
KAMLOOPS - A new plan for affordable housing in Kamloops is impressive in its scope, but also notable for something else - buy-in from the community. The City, ASK Wellness, the Canadian Mental Health...
Jan 22, 2018
Do we need to redefine what teenagers are?
KAMLOOPS - When I was 12 or so, I became aware that some elderly people around me, relatives or not, had been married or were forced by various life circumstances to become an 'adult' early on, at the...
Jan 22, 2018
How 107 downtown employees scored $55,000 parking stalls
KAMLOOPS - ITEM: City of Kamloops announces that 17 more stalls in the new parking lot on the old KDN property have been reserved for permit holders, bringing the total to 107. Upon checking with the ...
Jan 20, 2018
Actually, the snow clearing budget does matter and here's why
KAMLOOPS - When we published a table this week comparing snow clearing budgets in different BC communities, the response was swift. “The budget doesn’t matter,” Facebook said. “...
Jan 19, 2018
