Category Archives: Column
Pity BC's lieutenant-governor
KAMLOOPS - Pity Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon. Alternatively, envy her. It depends on whether or not you'd relish the power to decide who will be the next government of British Columbia. One thing is pretty...
May 30, 2017
The future of Kamloops under an NDP-Green coalition?
KAMLOOPS - It's not much of a stretch to realize that the B.C. Interior could well be on the outside looking in if the NDP and Greens newly-formed coalition eventually winds up with them trying to gov...
May 30, 2017
Three seats are no mandate for the BC Green Party
KAMLOOPS - Note: This column was written prior to Monday’s announcement of an agreement between the BC Green Party and the BC NDP. Three seats do not a government make and while I'm delighted th...
May 30, 2017
Stall numbers in RIH parkade finally make sense
KAMLOOPS - When one bitches about something, it's only fair that one acknowledges when a correction has been made. So it is with the Royal Inland Hospital parkade. I don't mean that the stupid pay-bef...
May 29, 2017
Let’s keep green spaces buzzing with life
KAMLOOPS - If you happen by Peterson Creek these days you have likely experienced the persuasion to stay a bit longer than you might have planned. It comes in the shape of thick green bunches of grass...
May 29, 2017
Still too early to determine the pot landscape
KAMLOOPS - While it is true that the criminal prohibition of marijuana has failed to protect our kids and communities, that doesn't necessarily justify completely legalizing its recreational use. Bill...
May 28, 2017
Suck it up and say goodbye to door-to-door mail delivery
KAMLOOPS - A few years ago I interviewed a postie about mail service. I told her that when I was a kid, a fresh bottle of milk appeared on our front step every morning. In cold weather, the cream woul...
May 27, 2017
Journalists are increasingly in the crosshairs
KAMLOOPS - We have a saying in the journalistic profession: “If you’re not making someone mad, you’re not doing your job.” This maxim is, in fact, why many choose to leave this...
May 26, 2017
Theft of commemorative plaques calls for special justice
KAMLOOPS - There really ought to be a special place in hell for the contemptible lowlifes who have been stealing plaques from community monuments and memorial benches. More than 20 of them, worth thou...
May 26, 2017
Cheery outlook for minority government will soon fade
KAMLOOPS - We officially have a minority government in British Columbia for the first time since Social Credit came to power in 1952. Now what? The final vote count Wednesday confirmed the Liberals ha...
May 25, 2017
