Category Archives: Column

KAMLOOPS - William Shakespeare was way ahead of his time. When he wrote one of his best comedies "Much Ado About Nothing" in the late 1500's, he didn't realize that the themes of the play would recur ...

KAMLOOPS - Mostly, 2016 sucked. The weather was awful, politics was a mess, and a lot of good people died. We all look at the past through our own filters. Here are some abbreviated pearls of wisdom, ...

KAMLOOPS - When George Michael, Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds died this week, it all got to be a little much. This agonizing, this exaggerated lamentation that has reached a fever pitch, with one ...

KAMLOOPS - The graffiti vandalism at the Kamloops cenotaph that occurred over the holiday season is disturbing on two fronts. First, the desecration of a revered community monument is outrageous. Seco...

KAMLOOPS - The provincial health ministers should resolve in the New Year to stop bickering, take the money from the feds, and use it as intended. It's a recurring bad movie says Canadian Medical Asso...

KAMLOOPS - Our governments have a shortage of representation from women - that's nothing new. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tried to address it, appointing 15 women to his cabinet of 30...

KAMLOOPS - Every year at this time, we start to see items about the biggest stories of the year. In the world perspective, Donald Trump's seemingly unlikely rise to the presidency has loomed above all...

KAMLOOPS - Like the Great Carnac of Johnny Carson's era, it's that time of year again. Time to pull out the crystal ball, the Ouija board, some old tealeaves, a copy of the National Enquirer and figur...

KAMLOOPS - It was after 11pm on Christmas Eve that my husband and I took the dog out for a walk. It was quiet. Magic of a different kind. Snow crunched under our feet as we walked, the dog sniffed thi...

KAMLOOPS - Most of us who read this comment will be in pretty decent shape this Christmas. You will likely have a roof over your head, money at least to buy the basic necessities, and some form of inc...