Category Archives: Column
Trump's mouth must be getting bigger
KAMLOOPS - Donald Trump's mouth must be getting stretched from putting his foot in it so many times. We're going into a new month now, so let's see if things get any better. So many things in May, cap...
Jun 01, 2017
Kamloops is about to lose a lot of influence in Victoria
KAMLOOPS - All the bargaining and deal-making in Victoria is good entertainment but, in the end, what difference will it really make to us way up here in the hinterlands? The answer is, quite a lot. T...
May 31, 2017
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
