Category Archives: Column
Rafe Mair’s passing a sad loss for Canadian journalism
KAMLOOPS - Canadian journalism has lost one of its best. News came yesterday of the death of Rafe Mair- former talk-show host, author, columnist, one-time Kamloops City councilor, former B.C. cabinet ...
Oct 10, 2017
Giving thanks with more than words
KAMLOOPS - One of the simplest and profound joys of every day is stepping outside in early morning to hike with my dog. I will call it overwhelming gratefulness because that is the best way to describ...
Oct 09, 2017
Thanks for many things
KAMLOOPS - This Thanksgiving weekend, I am thankful for much. I have been blessed with many good things. Good friends, a great family, great parents, and a pretty good life. It has not been without it...
Oct 08, 2017
Retirement is okay, after work and on weekends
KAMLOOPS - Retirement is hard work. Five years ago I wrote a column on my first day of official retirement. I reflected on what it was like not going to work that day, attending to all the details of ...
Oct 07, 2017
Stone's path to Liberal leadership not clear
KAMLOOPS - Todd Stone will reveal the worst-kept secret in BC politics next Tuesday. He’s banking that everyone remembers the last person to cannonball into the swimming pool, not the first one....
Oct 06, 2017
Let's talk about doctor's pay
KAMLOOPS - Doctors have been given benefits under incorporation in lieu of receiving wage hikes and that's not right. Doctors are on both sides of the issue. The Canadian Medical Association has come ...
Oct 05, 2017
Press the pause button on cannabis legalization
KAMLOOPS - So now Justin Trudeau wants to make some money off the legalization of recreational marijuana. In a surprise move, he told premiers this week he'd like to levy a 10-per-cent excise tax on p...
Oct 05, 2017
Attempt at Ajax deal will prove to be a blunder
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City council - the abbreviated version - closed the book on six and a half years of community-splitting debate on Ajax Tuesday, and it proved a fitting example of how destructive t...
Oct 04, 2017
Terrorism is getting closer and closer to home
KAMLOOPS -With every passing day, terrorism and mass killings seem to be getting closer to home. The horrible mass shooting in Las Vegas - a short plane ride away in a place where many of us vacation ...
Oct 02, 2017
Kamloops is still a good place to be
KAMLOOPS - There's this curious phenomenon that happens to many of our family's out-of-town guests when they come for a visit: they fall in love with Kamloops. Sure, for most of the year, hills are dr...
Oct 02, 2017
