Category Archives: Column

KAMLOOPS - The four-day deadline on Site C came and went on the weekend and the sun still rises in the morning. Last week, Premier Christy Clark gave the NDP and Greens until Saturday to decide whethe...

KAMLOOPS - My youngest was about six when he asked what a happy meal is. Someone at school had mentioned it. I said it's a healthy meal that you eat with the people you love. Cheeky, I know. Then I ex...

KAMLOOPS -It hasn't taken John Horgan long to want to grasp the reins of power in British Columbia. Shortly after the election, Horgan was all smiles and congeniality, having led his party to a moral,...

KAMLOOPS -There was a marmot on the road one day as my son and I were driving home from town. It lay there in a small pool of blood, it's little buck teeth sticking out, its eyes wide open, its body c...

KAMLOOPS - Finally, a government appears to understand something about what a young child needs when he or she goes to school. It’s not just about smaller classes and adequate teaching resources...

KAMLOOPS - The presence of so-called "fringe" candidates in municipal elections, as I've often said, is a re-affirmation of democracy. They prove that anyone can run for office at the local level, and...

KAMLOOPS - Rumours of the death of the TPP are greatly exaggerated. After President Trump announced U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, I congratulated him: "Thank you, Mr. Trump, for ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops by-election isn't even official yet and already it has at least one issue - besides Ajax, that is. Mayoral candidate Dr. Cynthia Ross Friedman wants everybody to start thinking...

KAMLOOPS - So the question is- you see someone lying in the street, obviously in distress. Maybe they're not breathing. Maybe they are unconscious. You aren't sure what to do. Your first response is t...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops City Council candidate Kevin Krueger wants to know why Council is in a rush to make a decision on whether it supports the proposed Ajax mine. The Ajax question has been hanging ove...