Category Archives: Column
Three things I want, and might not have, when I get old
KAMLOOPS - When I get old, I'd like certain things: a bath or shower every day, all my faculties, and a comfortable bed in my own home. The first is non-negotiable. The second is beyond my control. As...
Feb 25, 2017
City services aren't bad, but they shouldn't go backward
KAMLOOPS - We’re not special, Kamloops. Well, of course we are, but not when it comes to the constant cacophony of complaints about day-to-day maladies coming from the mouths of residents of the...
Feb 24, 2017
Unmasking Uber and Facebook
KAMLOOPS - Let's stop pretending that Uber is just along for the ride in the gig economy and that Facebook is just a technology company. At first glance, the gig economy seems great: a way for individ...
Feb 23, 2017
There’s nothing wrong with downtown, except the parking
KAMLOOPS - "The downtown core in Kamloops is going to hell in a handbasket. All the businesses are moving out and nobody wants to shop there anymore." That's what you'd think, the way some people have...
Feb 22, 2017
A real solution to health care
KAMLOOPS - Anyone who knows anything about health care, in whatever capacity, knows that the system is broken, and in desperate need of repair. Long waits at walk-in clinics, long waits in the ER, lon...
Feb 21, 2017
Not enough days in the week for B.C. Liberals to hand out good news
KAMLOOPS - Holy Mackerel, by the time the election gets here in May, British Columbians will think they've died and gone to heaven. As the days roll by, the money just keeps rolling in. Have you been ...
Feb 20, 2017
GINTA: Why some media outlets should rethink their ways
KAMLOOPS - We are in the midst of much turmoil worldwide. Unrest is becoming the word of the day. Controversial topics and happenings pouring in with our daily news can make you feel so small a...
Feb 20, 2017
Why food trucks if you can't get to them?
KAMLOOPS - I've never been a food truck kind of guy. My work place just isn't conducive to checking out food trucks at breaks or at lunch. But I've been following the food truck debate in council fair...
Feb 19, 2017
The next time you worry about immigrants, spit into a tube
KAMLOOPS - I spit into a plastic tube a few weeks ago and popped it in the mail. This week, I got the results and the verdict is in - I am a classic universal Canadian. DNA testing for ethnic origins ...
Feb 18, 2017
Anti-Islamophobia motion unleashes hysteria among Conservative base
KAMLOOPS - Debate in Ottawa reached a fever pitch as the week drew to a close. It’s bound to do that on wedge issues, as this one is, but rarely when it comes to issues that will have no measura...
Feb 17, 2017
