Category Archives: Column
Why BC forests need a Lorax or two
It was on a very rainy early day of spring that, being half-way through the book beautifully titled 'The Hidden Life of Trees' by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books, 2016), I sank into that state of lov...
Apr 10, 2017
Talk about white noise, Mr. Armchair Mayor
KAMLOOPS - My friend the Armchair Mayor wrote this week about the white noise which has become the litany of funding announcements from the province as the writ is set to drop for the May 9 election. ...
Apr 09, 2017
How one man helped build a nation at Vimy Ridge
KAMLOOPS - Tomorrow, I'm going down to Merritt to emcee an event honoring a man I've admired much of my life, though I never knew him. He was the son of a brother of my great-grandfather. I know, fami...
Apr 08, 2017
BC's political parties should stop saying they care about young voters
KAMLOOPS - Did you catch that Pepsi ad that went viral this week? Has there ever been such a blatant attempt to reach young people made by those who clearly have no idea what they’re doing? Like...
Apr 07, 2017
Tax loopholes: the good, bad and ugly
KAMLOOPS - What's the difference between a tax break and a tax loophole? Tax breaks are legitimate deductions that I make and loopholes are shady tax dodges that others use. Seriously, they're all wha...
Apr 06, 2017
Constant funding announcements have become white noise
KAMLOOPS - Do you hear that sound? Wait for it.... It's the sound of money falling from the trees and landing on our heads. Our money. You have to wonder what the B.C. Liberal government was doing wit...
Apr 05, 2017
BC voters are moving beyond their government
KAMLOOPS - May 9, 2017 – BC Liberals lose election. Confirming what many predicted would be a tight race; John Horgan leads the NDP to a victory of sorts with a minority government. Many are alr...
Apr 04, 2017
Horror in residential schools needs resolution
KAMLOOPS - I read with interest yesterday the raising of a Reconciliation totem pole at UBC, a lasting reminder of a horrible time in our history, the time of the Residential School system that was a ...
Apr 03, 2017
It’s time we decriminalize political discourse
KAMLOOPS - If I had a dollar for every time I was part of a conversation that had people purposefully steer away from subjects such as politics... well, you get the idea. It'd be a good chunk of money...
Apr 03, 2017
Trivia abounds about Kamloops' connection to Hollywood
KAMLOOPS - Harrison Ford, in his own words, is a "schmuck." He's been in the news lately, for the wrong reason - getting in a scrape with one of his airplanes as he came close to an airliner while he ...
Apr 01, 2017
