Category Archives: Column
Green team puts in strong performance at forum
KAMLOOPS - The best thing about election forums is that voters get to see and hear how well candidates think on their feet. At last night's media-sponsored forum, the thinking came in a range of speed...
Apr 26, 2017
Real questions behind BC's rosy job numbers
KAMLOOPS - Jobs, jobs, jobs. It is a phrase we hear dozens of times as the provincial election kicks into high gear. Premier Clark claims that since 2011 the province is leading the nation when it com...
Apr 25, 2017
ER Protocols at RIH need a second look
KAMLOOPS - The recent death of a long-time Kamloops doctor in the emergency department waiting room at Royal Inland Hospital has prompted much discussion. Doctor Rajinder Joneja passed away after an i...
Apr 25, 2017
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
