Category Archives: Column
Time for new theories on our great society
KAMLOOPS - This seems to be the week for theories. Our Armchair Mayor, who seems to be getting pretty relaxed in that couch of his, has been speculating on all sorts of things while he waits for the s...
Jun 25, 2017
Goodbye, Sears – mourning the end of the Wish Book era
KAMLOOPS -- This thing with Sears marks the end of an era, and the ending of eras is almost always sad. Fifty-nine stores closing, 2,900 jobs lost. It's called "re-structuring." Did you know that when...
Jun 24, 2017
Keeping bylaw officers unarmed best choice in the long run
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is overhauling its bylaw department to make it a kinder, gentler group of professionals dedicated to implementing and enforcing the rules city council sets in stone. It...
Jun 23, 2017
Double-dipping and wait times
KAMLOOPS - Doctors are to blame for double-dipping but not for the long wait times in B.C. Rosalia Guthrie of Salmon Arm found out the hard way about double-dipping. After waiting for 16 months, her s...
Jun 22, 2017
The ABCs of the BC Liberals’ hypocrisy
KAMLOOPS - When a government changes its mind, is it a case of listening to the people, or political hypocrisy? Take tomorrow's Throne Speech.... please. If Christy Clark and the BC Liberals don't sho...
Jun 21, 2017
Town hall proves Ajax study was worth the investment
KAMLOOPS - I trust the glib-tongued editorialists and commenters who preach the supposed folly of spending a half million dollars on an independent review of the Ajax mine will reconsider after Monday...
Jun 20, 2017
Kamloops life — as seen through the lens
KAMLOOPS - Over the past couple of weeks, I had an opportunity to photograph a number of events in Kamloops and in the process, reaffirmed that this is one heck of a place to live. You and I know this...
Jun 20, 2017
Local media still the best way to communicate in emergencies
KAMLOOPS - A new study released yesterday shows the struggle many Fort McMurray residents had trying to find answers in last year's devastating wildfire. An analysis of 70,000 tweets showed many could...
Jun 20, 2017
It’s nail-biting time on Ajax application
KAMLOOPS - There's a sense of nervous anticipation these days with respect to the Ajax proposal, much as there is when a jury is in the final stages of deliberation at a big trial. In fact, that's a p...
Jun 19, 2017
Our societal habit of not facing the true cost of life
KAMLOOPS - A few days ago, I was caught, yet again, in a conversation about lawns in Kamloops. How they should be green and the fact that some people manage to maintain them green all summer despite h...
Jun 19, 2017
