Category Archives: Column

KAMLOOPS – As I am writing this, approximately 8,000 homes in the Fraser Valley, possibly more, are still without power due to extreme winter weather. Kamloops is under a thick blanket of snow t...

KAMLOOPS - In anticipation of the new year, I will get my almost-annual rant about how we abuse the English language off my chest. This time, my gripe is with our impulse to make everything more than ...

KAMLOOPS - 2017 could rightly be called the year of the study in Kamloops. Or the year of the failed study, depending on how you look at it. The biggest, of course, was the Environmental Assessment Of...

KAMLOOPS - 2017 is almost over, and quite the year it was. You've no doubt got your opinions on the dozen or so most important things that happened this year; I've got mine. Justin Trudeau got in trou...

KAMLOOPS - The future of cryptocurrencies such as the bitcoin might be unclear but the technology behind it is solid. Blockchain is the digital ledger where bitcoin transactions are kept. It's transpa...

KAMLOOPS - There's a new kind of crook on the streets. Not violent necessarily, but dangerous nonetheless. It's the kind who has no conscience, no compassion, no decency and no guts. These are stealth...

KAMLOOPS – It was freezing cold on Saturday (minus 15 Celsius) and only the tip of the knoll on the right side of the path was touched by the morning sun. Winter beauty is exquisite around these...

KAMLOOPS - My apologies to the Armchair Mayor, but the more sappy Christmas shows there are, and the sooner we start the Christmas music, the better I feel. My wife calls me her Christmas elf. Her eye...

KAMLOOPS - The Big Day is almost upon the sleepy village of Frootloops, and the council has come together to plan the annual Christmas concert, featuring a skit by its members. Mayor Ken Kringle, newl...

KAMLOOPS - If there’s one opinion that seems to pervade most Canadians’ views of the various levels of government, it’s that all politicians are the same. They all have the same basi...