Category Archives: Column
The voodoo math of proportional representation
KAMLOOPS - I took a few minutes Sunday to fill in the survey on B.C. electoral reform. The survey results will, no doubt, provide the NDP and Greens with what they want - ammunition for a stacked-deck...
Nov 27, 2017
Words we hate to hear: ‘Would you care to donate….’
KAMLOOPS - I walked out of the super market very recently with a small bag of groceries (about $50 worth) and started heading for the truck when I heard a voice say, "Good afternoon, Sir, would you ca...
Nov 25, 2017
Santa Claus Parade a chance to say thanks
KAMLOOPS - Let’s be honest: it’s been a horrible year. Between the wildfires, the opioid crisis and the high profile incidents of violent crime in Kamloops, it’s been a year chock fu...
Nov 24, 2017
Give Allen Schoenborn the best possible treatment, but keep him inside
KAMLOOPS - One of the foundations of our Canadian justice system is the belief that even those guilty of the most unthinkable acts are capable of being rehabilitated, of being returned to society. So,...
Nov 23, 2017
The mysterious Beothuk of Newfoundland
KAMLOOPS - Recent DNA tests have only deepened the mystery surrounding the Beothuk people of Newfoundland. The Beothuk were reclusive compared to other Indigenous Newfoundland people like the Mi'kmaq....
Nov 23, 2017
Fast action needed to fix Stuart Wood homeless-shelter issues
KAMLOOPS - Sometimes good intentions aren't enough to make an idea work the way it should. Worries were expressed about using the Stuart Wood school gym for an interim winter shelter for the homeless ...
Nov 22, 2017
God should have picked somebody else to look after animals
KAMLOOPS - When God gave humans stewardship over all creatures great and small, She really screwed up. According to scientists, some 322 species of birds, mammals and reptiles have gone extinct in the...
Nov 21, 2017
Comedy of errors surrounds parking at Royal Inland Hospital
KAMLOOPS - I never thought I'd be writing about this again. The entire situation has been a comedy of errors. Yet once again, here I am talking about the ongoing saga of parking at Royal Inland Hospit...
Nov 21, 2017
Good City Hall communications is worth paying for
KAMLOOPS - Call them communications strategists, communications specialists, public relations practitioners or spin doctors, people are skeptical of them, especially when they work for governments. So...
Nov 20, 2017
The magic you see when you close your eyes
KAMLOOPS - Late afternoon Saturday found us at our neighbours'. My husband was to lend a helping hand lifting a potato and onion box our neighbour built for his wife. There was no defined B-line betwe...
Nov 20, 2017
