Category Archives: Column
If not us, then who, and if not now, then when?
KAMLOOPS - There was a card game I loved playing when I was little. Each card depicted an animal and relevant information about it, including their status: a few were close to being extinct, others we...
Mar 06, 2017
To my friends on social media
KAMLOOPS - I have embraced social media as much as a non-technical person can. I don't know all the ins and outs of hashtags and analytics and the finer points of how it all works. I have people who w...
Mar 05, 2017
We’re becoming mere tenants in our own country
KAMLOOPS - There was a time when Canadians made things, and owned what we made. I'm thinking about this as we struggle with the sale of Retirement Concepts to a Chinese outfit, and in the wake of the ...
Mar 04, 2017
We don't know what 'vibrant' means, but we know we want it
KAMLOOPS - As Value Village confirms its impending move away from Seymour Street and into Sahali Mall, the debate around the downtown has been reignited. The debate flares up from time to time, though...
Mar 03, 2017
‘Slow’ snow removal nothing that higher taxes can’t fix
KAMLOOPS - Would you have paid more for faster snow removal this past winter? Would you pay more next winter? These are questions taxpayers need to ask themselves every time they complain about city s...
Mar 02, 2017
Trump tweets while Afghanistan burns
KAMLOOPS - President Trump seems only dimly aware of the turmoil in Afghanistan. Or maybe he has foreign policy related on the country and is simply unable to articulate it in 140 characters. Most lik...
Mar 02, 2017
Where were critics of the downtown core last night?
KAMLOOPS - I went to the annual general meeting of the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association last night. I didn't see Coun. Denis Walsh there. Or Nelly Dever. I mention this because they'r...
Mar 01, 2017
Immigrants shouldn't be profiled
KAMLOOPS - I was doing my usual early morning surfing of the Internet this morning when I came across the latest video from Conservative leadership candidate Kelly Leitch. It's about a disturbing (at ...
Feb 28, 2017
To use or not to use, and if yes, how?
A while ago I was involved, together with a group of people, in putting together an exhibit focused on sustainability. It's still on display in the open gallery at the Kamloops Art Gallery downtown. A...
Feb 27, 2017
Age and resources change your perspective
KAMLOOPS - It's funny how your circumstances change your perspective on things. In reality, I guess it's not surprising. You look at things differently depending on the environment around you. When I ...
Feb 26, 2017
