Category Archives: Column

KAMLOOPS - Dear America: Do you remember, as I do, how we use to see each other on a regular basis? We had such great times and always left knowing it wouldn't be long before we saw each other again. ...

KAMLOOPS - Until two days ago, I thought I had figured out the column. It was to revolve around denial. The news that poured down the media pipe last week following the inauguration ceremony south of ...

KAMLOOPS - Two weeks ago, I lamented the dilemma facing news organizations. I asked "who is going to protect journalistic integrity" in light of the challenges facing news organizations large and smal...

KAMLOOPS - Got a call from HealthLink B.C. The message said to phone them back, so I did. A pleasant woman there explained that they are fleshing out their information on people who are on the waiting...

KAMLOOPS - For something that's supposed to enrich our lives, art can sure be a divisive thing. Call something art, and someone will disagree. Call something pornographic art, and someone will leap to...

KAMLOOPS - The Armchair Mayor says the ‘Becoming Animal/Becoming Landscape’ exhibit currently on display at the Kamloops Art Gallery amounts to little more than porn, not art. He also dism...

KAMLOOPS - New pipelines get politicians elected. However, they will remain empty; much like election promises that remain unfulfilled. There are environmental reasons not to build new pipelines but t...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Art Gallery has always liked to challenge us on the question of what’s art, and what’s not. Among my favourite exhibits in this vein have been the one that featured...

KAMLOOPS - Raising the age for legal smoking from 19 to 21 isn't as crazy and pointless as it sounds. Health Minister Terry Lake has floated the idea, saying the longer people are legally not supposed...

KAMLOOPS - While it may be a noble gesture to try to cut red tape and react to the desires of society, sometimes you have to wonder why we do some of the things we do. As of yesterday, under new regul...