Category Archives: Column
Tax Netflix but no Netflix tax
KAMLOOPS - Netflix should be taxed but not as earlier proposed with a so-called "Netflix tax." That proposal would have seen increased costs to access the internet. A more properly named "internet tax...
Oct 19, 2017
If we must have circuses, leave out the animals
KAMLOOPS - The circus is coming to town this week. And, with it, the perennial issue of whether circuses are a good or a bad thing. There's a long record of accusations and legal challenges against ci...
Oct 18, 2017
Some thoughts about our former interim Mayor
KAMLOOPS - A new mayor and two new Kamloops City councillors were sworn into office at a small invitation-only ceremony last night and the council is now back to a full roster. The fact there are now ...
Oct 17, 2017
You are human before anything else; it’s what’s left behind
KAMLOOPS - Saturday was a cold, wet, and slightly dreary day, though rain was such precious commodity during the summer that I cannot get myself to dislike it, no matter how much I miss the sun. On ou...
Oct 16, 2017
BC Liberal leadership race one big apology
KAMLOOPS - Candidates for the leadership of the BC Liberal party held their first debate Sunday afternoon, competing to see who could apologize the most for losing this year's election. It's a strange...
Oct 16, 2017
The line between curiosity and invasion of privacy
Privacy is hard to come by these days. The world has become a place without filters, where the best and the worst in us have full range of expression, and where lives can be celebrated or tarnished in...
Oct 14, 2017
Stereotypical drug user or not, all lives are worth saving
KAMLOOPS - For many of us, the death of Ryan Pinneo in January of 2016 was the first indication something was different. The young Kamloops man had died of a fentanyl overdose. There were reasons this...
Oct 13, 2017
Indigenous labour is an untapped resource
KAMLOOPS - Canadians opened their hearts and homes to Syrian refugees last year. It was a warm humanitarian gesture as well as an economic imperative: Canada relies on immigrants to sustain our work f...
Oct 12, 2017
Minimum turnout should be set for prop rep vote
KAMLOOPS - As long as we're going to be subjected to the proportional representation version of the old Groundhog Day movie, we'd better find a formula for approval that's fair to both sides - and I t...
Oct 12, 2017
We’ve had every chance to vent on Ajax
KAMLOOPS - The public comment period - the latest and last public comment period - on Ajax quietly came to an end at midnight last night. More than 600 comments were submitted to the B.C. Environmenta...
Oct 11, 2017
