Category Archives: Column
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
Time is now for Cavers, Milobar to step back from council
KAMLOOPS - Anyone who has ever been a parent of young children will recognize how important the five-minute warning is, whenever you want your child to transition from one activity to another. For exa...
Mar 24, 2017
Balancing the grief of families with public’s right to know
The concept of keeping secret the names of people who have died does not make sense in this modern world of transparency and rapid dissemination of information. Yet the B.C. Coroners Service, as repor...
Mar 24, 2017
Media under attack
KAMLOOPS - A recent report from the group Cision suggests the public's trust in the media is continuing to fall. Their 2017 State of the Media report indicates 91 per cent of respondents feel the medi...
Mar 24, 2017
By the time the trekkers got to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - In April of 1935 they left their miserable camps and made their way to Vancouver. The camps had been set up in the middle of nowhere. Young men worked in the military-run camps for 20 cents...
Mar 23, 2017
Terry Lake can't be faulted for lack of effort
KAMLOOPS - When someone dies, we look for good things to say about them. We talk about their talents, their skills, the people and dogs they loved, their hobbies, and their volunteer work. When politi...
Mar 22, 2017
Norway a shining example of how to manage resource revenues
KAMLOOPS - I'm having a bit of a socialist moment today. A somewhat different kind of socialist moment though, as I want to be a millionaire like every man woman and child is in Norway. I mean let's f...
Mar 21, 2017
Are we wasting money on educational campaigns?
KAMLOOPS - We are spending an awful lot of money these days on educational programs aimed at various things. We are spending a lot trying to educate the public about drug use, about spotting behavior ...
Mar 21, 2017
