Category Archives: Column
Limiting campaign signage is right on the mark
KAMLOOPS - With a bylaw that will take effect for the upcoming provincial election, the City of Quesnel is setting an example for everywhere in this province, including Kamloops. Quesnel is limiting t...
Mar 31, 2017
Local candidates can’t avoid two key election issues
KAMLOOPS - A lot of things are coming together at once to shape the provincial election in the Kamloops-South Thompson and Kamloops-North Thompson ridings. I harken back to a Feb. 17 editorial in whic...
Mar 31, 2017
If Mexicans are offended by ‘Mexican standoff,’ we shouldn’t use it
KAMLOOPS - One has to be careful with the use of words, but how careful? An RCMP report on Wednesday told of a routine traffic stop on Halston Avenue. While the officer was talking to the people in th...
Mar 30, 2017
Stem cell centre coming to Kamloops?
KAMLOOPS - My curiosity was sparked when I read that a stem cell centre was opening in Kamloops (Kamloops This Week, March 21, 2017). So I went to the location of the centre at 470 Columbia St only to...
Mar 30, 2017
Might be time to put up a parking lot on old KDN site
KAMLOOPS - Any time you drive downtown along Seymour Street you'll pass a big, empty, very sad brick building on the corner of Fourth Avenue. It has a habit of sitting empty between engagements. Once,...
Mar 29, 2017
Should the mayor resign, or take a leave? It’s not complicated
KAMLOOPS - Here's a way to settle the question of what Mayor Peter Milobar should do if he's elected as an MLA on May 9. The question is whether he should resign immediately - which would force a cost...
Mar 28, 2017
Can anyone tell me what the parties stand for?
KAMLOOPS - I've said before I hate attack ads. The Teachers started one last week blasting the Liberals for years of what they say are longstanding cuts to B.C.'s education system. Others are blasting...
Mar 28, 2017
GINTA: The spaces that keep our children safe
For two days in a row last week I drove my oldest son to Harper Mountain. He had two ski passes left from a bunch he got for Christmas. I relish the time with each of my sons alone. There is ch...
Mar 27, 2017
No hope for those on limited income
KAMLOOPS - If the provincial and federal budgets released over the past month are any indication, those on fixed or limited income have no hope of ever getting their heads above water. I honestly don'...
Mar 26, 2017
Who will be the mayor when dust settles on provincial election?
KAMLOOPS - With little more than a couple of weeks before the writ is dropped and we enter the Campaign Proper, mystery still surrounds one of the more intriguing local aspects of the upcoming electio...
Mar 25, 2017
