Category Archives: Column
Why we need to celebrate each day before and after Earth Day
There is an interesting realization that sneaks up on you once you spend enough time in nature to be humbled by it: that you know squat about it, other than the very basics, if that, unless you dedica...
Apr 24, 2017
This is the best we can do?
Let me make sure I understand. After years of deliberation, the best our City planners can come up with for the old Kamloops Daily News building is to tear it down and put up a parking lot? It's hardl...
Apr 23, 2017
Saga of Kamloops Daily News property wasn’t as screwed up as it seems
The saga of the Kamloops Daily News building isn't City Hall's finest hour. One might get the impression, in fact, that MBA programs won’t be including it in their curriculums as a case study in...
Apr 22, 2017
All-candidates forum a valuable opportunity for voters
KAMLOOPS - The three main political party leaders were feisty this week as they engaged in their first big debate. Christy Clark, John Horgan and Andrew Weaver took repeated swipes at each other in th...
Apr 21, 2017
Horgan handed Clark victory in first leaders’ debate
The first leaders' debate was a doozy - full of both entertainment and information. As always, there's the question of who won. The answer is Christy Clark, with John Horgan second and Andrew Weaver b...
Apr 21, 2017
Stop treating BC's Interior like a colony
KAMLOOPS - Premier Clark's plan for job growth in B.C.'s Interior is a failure. Her plan to extract liquefied natural gas from the Interior evaporated. She is sending more raw logs out of the Interior...
Apr 20, 2017
Ship has sailed for proportional representation in B.C.; wave goodbye
KAMLOOPS - Why is it that B.C. politicians think they have to keep promising to change the electoral system in this province? In recent days, both NDP leader John Horgan and Green Party leader Andrew ...
Apr 20, 2017
Bill of rights for airline passengers long overdue
KAMLOOPS - We all know flying economy isn't a bed of roses at the best of times. Seats designed for short, skinny people, cramming carry-ons into the overheads, some lout beside you snoring, babies wa...
Apr 19, 2017
Real investment in health, education would pay off over the long term
KAMLOOPS - Suppose, just for a moment, that BC decided to hire and pay a salary to doctors willing to locate to communities outside of the Lower Mainland. For sake of argument, let's say we committed ...
Apr 18, 2017
The elephant in the room
World tensions probably haven't been this great in a while. While North Korea is sending out coded transmission signals to their troops, and trying hard to show us they have the strength to be a nucle...
Apr 18, 2017
