Category Archives: Column

KAMLOOPS - Has Kamloops gone mad with civic fervor, or fever, as the case may be? The City puts out a call for applications for a few temporary jobs and gets swamped with people shouting "Pick me!" Wh...

KAMLOOPS - When a group of firefighters was caught enjoying a campfire near Adams Lake last month, reaction fell into two distinct camps. The first camp told everyone to leave the poor firefighters al...

KAMLOOPS - The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario has done everyone a favour in pointing out how ridiculous the movement to tear down statues and take the names of controversial historical fig...

KAMLOOPS - The promise of technology was that leisure time would increase. That hasn't happened, at least not in the manner expected. The number of hours at work has decreased over the decades but not...

KAMLOOPS - Sometimes old ideas become new again. Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes not so much. The idea of a Kamloops convention centre has raised its head. So has the idea of a business assoc...

KAMLOOPS - The promise of technology was that leisure time would increase. That hasn't happened, at least not in the manner expected. The number of hours at work has decreased over the decades but not...

KAMLOOPS - I learned something new this past week. You and I have a gluteal fold. Two, actually. As best I can tell - and I've looked this up - on humans and great apes the gluteal fold is located rou...

KAMLOOPS - By MEL ROTHENBURGER This is the fifth in a series on my experiences as the mayor of Kamloops from 1999 to 2005. I offer it for the interest of anyone who cares about civic politics and our ...

KAMLOOPS - The recent shocking events in Charlottesville have unleashed many a deep emotion, as well as vociferation of opinions. The world was shocked and for good reasons. Marches ensued, thousands ...

KAMLOOPS - When voters elect a mayor, how much of what he or she says can they expect to come about? How valid, in other words, are their promises? The number "zero" came to the fore last week in two ...