Category Archives: Column
Online dating and racism
KAMLOOPS - When my wife died, I considered online dating as way of meeting people. Hadiya Roderique's shares her experience with online dating in The Walrus magazine (March, 2017). "I was searching fo...
May 04, 2017
What would you have done if you were the candidate?
Sometimes we worry too much about what's politically ethical and what's not. Here are a couple of examples. Imagine you're the mayor of Kamloops. A former mayor, someone you knew for many years, passe...
May 03, 2017
On climate change, why take the chance deniers are right?
KAMLOOPS - Not too long ago, I got into a discussion with someone who was still unable to accept the concept of climate change. He was willing, although somewhat reluctantly, to agree that our climate...
May 02, 2017
No one should be surprised by new poll results
KAMLOOPS - I can't believe anyone would be surprised by the results of a new poll released yesterday by Global News Ipsos that shows the B.C. Liberals and the NDP virtually tied a week before the prov...
May 02, 2017
Why everyone's vote is vital
KAMLOOPS - Our days are rife with politics. News, campaign bites, signs abounding. Provincial elections coming up! Wednesday night found me listening to Elizabeth May at the Double Tree Hilton hotel d...
May 01, 2017
Boogie a focal point for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Today marks the 20th Annual Boogie the Bridge event in Kamloops. CFJC-TV has been the proud title sponsor for the past several years, since the Kamloops Daily News folded, and gave up the t...
Apr 30, 2017
If we’re going to insult politicians with nicknames, let’s make them good ones
KAMLOOPS - Maybe it's election fatigue and I'm just feeling grouchy, but could someone clue me in on what's so funny about calling the premier of our province "Krusty" Clark? Friends and supporters do...
Apr 29, 2017
Electoral reform is what BC needs, but won't get
KAMLOOPS - It’s the cruelest joke on BC citizens: the one thing our democracy needs the most to function properly is the one thing it won’t get after this election, and maybe not any other...
Apr 28, 2017
Acting Mayor Arjun Singh proves he has the chops for the job
KAMLOOPS - There's something different about Arjun Singh these days. What's different, of course, is that he's the deputy mayor in the early days of Peter Milobar's leave of absence due to the provinc...
Apr 28, 2017
CHARBONNEAU: It’s too late to decriminalize pot
KAMLOOPS - It's too late to decriminalize pot Decriminalization of marijuana should have happened decades ago. Now it would only add to the confusion. Marijuana users are caught in a legal limbo. The ...
Apr 27, 2017
