Category Archives: Column
Why can't we accept a compliment for our prime minister?
KAMLOOPS - “Justin Trudeau is trying to Make Canada Great Again. He is using, let us say, different methods.” - Rolling Stone magazine Justin Trudeau appears on our cover. Is Canada’...
Jul 28, 2017
Nine billion reasons to use cloth shopping bags
KAMLOOPS - While I was contemplating Wednesday's editorial on plastic bags, I happened to pick up a copy of the National Post and looked at the World page. (Yes, an actual copy on newsprint, not onlin...
Jul 27, 2017
Populism has lost its meaning
KAMLOOPS - Use of the word populism has become more popular says Sylvia Stead, public editor of the Globe and Mail: "There has certainly been a surge in references to 'populist' and 'populism' in The ...
Jul 27, 2017
The horror of having to separate our recycling
KAMLOOPS - Imagine, if you will, a household recycling bin. We all have them, right? We take a pop can and toss it into the bin, because we can return them and get some money back. Now, imagine a seco...
Jul 26, 2017
Is the Chamber of Commerce still relevant?
KAMLOOPS - Last week at City Council, the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce was a topic of conversation and concern. In a letter to the City, the Chamber, on behalf of all their members, was claiming the A...
Jul 25, 2017
BEING MAYOR – Life at City Hall, Chapter 1
KAMLOOPS - In 2008, I began writing a series of articles on my experiences as the Mayor of Kamloops from 1999 to 2005. With a by-election for mayor and two council seats coming up Sept. 30, I thought ...
Jul 25, 2017
Pet bears are not cuddly
KAMLOOPS - It seems so sweet on the surface that residents of Barnhartvale have their own pet bear. He even has a name. Residents have taken to calling him Harold. It sounds so cute, having this bear ...
Jul 25, 2017
Let Pride fly the rainbow flag at City Hall on parade day
KAMLOOPS - There's a difference between setting a precedent and making a one-time exception. And for just about every rule, there's at least one exception. One of the City's rules is that flying other...
Jul 24, 2017
Food should never be wasted
Since moving to Kamloops five years ago I continue to be amazed at the abundance of summer bounty materialized as fresh produce. I will never reconcile to the presence of many 'carpets' of mostly crus...
Jul 24, 2017
Proof is always in the pudding
KAMLOOPS - It was good to see Premier Horgan talking about the B.C. Wildfire situation in his first days in office, and good to have two Cabinet Ministers and a Parliamentary Secretary here Thursday t...
Jul 23, 2017
