Category Archives: Column
Small town growing pains around parking, gun violence
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops is once again teetering on the precipice of becoming a big city, and a lot of its residents would like it to continue being a small town. That juxtaposition is why many residents l...
Nov 10, 2017
Distracted-walking laws go a step too far
KAMLOOPS - Higher fines for distracted driving are now in effect, and the B.C. government announced this week that the next step will be higher auto insurance premiums. In addition to penalty points a...
Nov 09, 2017
Facebook tests honest ads in Canada
KAMLOOPS - Facebook hasn't been completely honest. They haven't made it clear how we pay for the service. Facebook is the world's largest social network with 2 billion active users -I'm one of them. W...
Nov 09, 2017
Instead of relaxing the law on AR-15, let's ban it
KAMLOOPS - Every time the gun debate flares up south of border, WE Canadians are drawn into it. So it is now, as funerals are arranged for the 26 people slaughtered in a Texas church this past weekend...
Nov 08, 2017
It’s play time in the Legislature kindergarten
KAMLOOPS - Four days a week, the kids in the Legislature kindergarten play a game. It's called Question Period - officially known as Oral Questions - in which one side asks the other silly questions a...
Nov 07, 2017
We need to change our thinking on the war on drugs
KAMLOOPS - Let's talk about crime, drugs, shootings, sex and Kamloops. Actually, forget the sex part as I just tossed that into the mix to get your attention. You see, we had another shooting in Kamlo...
Nov 07, 2017
How to save money on another parking study
KAMLOOPS -I am so confused. On the corner of Fourth and Seymour Street, a venerable, solid old building has just been torn down for a parking lot. For years, we've been told the downtown core needs 20...
Nov 06, 2017
Compassion builds a better Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It was almost midnight, almost Friday, when I started writing this. The house was quiet and warm and outside sudden wind gusts were throwing snow up in the air creating white ghosts that se...
Nov 06, 2017
Let’s be clear: not all men are ‘potential rapists’
KAMLOOPS - The current public debate on sexual harassment and assault prompted by the #MeToo campaign brought to mind a front-page headline years ago in the Kamloops Daily News. In capital letters, an...
Nov 04, 2017
It's time for Bill Morneau to step down
KAMLOOPS - One of the many, many reasons there was good cause to fear the election of Donald Trump was that Trump would simply use the office of president to enrich himself and his family. Trump is no...
Nov 03, 2017
