Category Archives: Column

KAMLOOPS - Throne Speeches are always vague (governments preferring to keep the good stuff for budgets) but the one delivered Tuesday in Victoria was masterfully done - so bereft of specifics yet so c...

KAMLOOPS - Many questions need answering following the series of snowstorms and the resultant problems on area highways over the past week or so. In particular, we need to address the problems on the ...

KAMLOOPS - Again, a week of many happenings. Like many of you who heard the story of the Kamloops couple who stopped to offer their help at an accident scene on the Coquihalla and were hit by a car th...

KAMLOOPS - In 2001, ICBC abandoned the idea of fixing windshield chips before they got too big and the entire windshield had to be replaced. 16 years later, Transportation Minister Todd Stone announce...

KAMLOOPS - The spring break debate in the Kamloops-Thompson school district is one of pure self-interest on the part of everyone involved. The district has vacillated between a two-week break, as is t...

KAMLOOPS - Stuart Wood School is a good place for a museum. It would have been a good place for other things, too, but a museum is within the community's reach when it comes to public spaces. There ar...

KAMLOOPS - I was disappointed but not surprised when Prime Minister Trudeau abandoned his plans for electoral reform. I've been let down before. The first time was in 2005 when a Citizens' Assembly wa...

KAMLOOPS - This is kind of a rhetorical question, but will Kamloops drivers ever smarten up? One would think they might get the big picture with the return of winter we had a few days ago, wouldn̵...

KAMLOOPS - I dread election campaigns. I quickly get sick and tired of the rhetoric and head-bashing and the silly accusations by all parties against the others. It's extremely influential to the camp...

What do sharks and glass jars have in common? If you're ready to answer 'Umm, nothing' I will ask you to indulge me the next few paragraphs to show you the connection. When my youngest was four, we wa...