Category Archives: Column
Cheapo version of Performing Arts Centre won't cut it
KAMLOOPS - Did you see Million Dollar Quartet at the Sagebrush Theatre last week? If you didn't, you missed a great show. Everybody is still talking about it. It's based on an actual December day in 1...
Oct 26, 2017
If you want to solve ‘problem’ houses, get out your wallet
KAMLOOPS - Is Kamloops becoming the next Surrey? That's one of the questions showing up on social media in reaction to this week's shooting on Nelson Avenue. Surrey does have a reputation for shooting...
Oct 25, 2017
The ‘cultural appropriation’ issue is complicated
KAMLOOPS - Sometimes I think we look too hard for the things that divide us. Let's talk about what's become known as "cultural appropriation." That's the use or adoption of parts of one culture by som...
Oct 24, 2017
Vision for former KDN lot requires outside-the-box thinking
KAMLOOPS - During last month's by-election, there was considerable interest and discussion surrounding the old Kamloops Daily News building, previously known as The Bay. The site was a contentious iss...
Oct 24, 2017
Council newbies need to find their voices, quickly
KAMLOOPS - The re-invigorated Kamloops City council holds its second meeting Tuesday, giving the two newbie councillors another chance to show that the trust placed in them by voters in the by-electio...
Oct 23, 2017
The many sides of a perpetuating story
KAMLOOPS - If you are even somewhat immersed in social media, you have likely come across the hashtag campaign #MeToo, spurred by the recent accusations of sexual harassment and assault by famous movi...
Oct 23, 2017
We need to laugh more about parking tickets and colonoscopies
KAMLOOPS - "Jack Knox is a friend of mine," I told the mayor of one of the infinite number of municipalities that make up Greater Victoria. I say this every time I run into someone from Victoria, and ...
Oct 21, 2017
Reaction to Downie's death shows value of arts in Canadian society
KAMLOOPS - Almost exactly a year ago, we lost Leonard Cohen. Canada’s unofficial poet laureate had died at the age of 82. He had just released an album, You Want it Darker, three weeks before hi...
Oct 20, 2017
A dome over Hillside Stadium? Really?
KAMLOOPS - The City and TRU are in very early discussions about a dome over Hillside Stadium. An intriguing possibility. It would certainly be a big boost to the Tournament Capital idea, and allow spo...
Oct 20, 2017
Banning the word ‘chief,’ and other bird-brained ideas
KAMLOOPS - The one good thing about Halloween - which has become as commercialized as any other milestone on the calendar - is that it temporarily stems the tide of Christmas advertising. Mercifully, ...
Oct 19, 2017
