Category Archives: Column
National interest, not Lower Mainland interest, behind pipeline approval
KAMLOOPS - Bad news: the National Energy Board does not have BC’s best interests in mind. But good news: the National Energy Board does not have Alberta’s best interests in mind, either. T...
Dec 02, 2016
Thank you, Mr. Trump, for killing the TPP
KAMLOOPS - It's a rare thing when the views of president-elect Trump and Canadian activists align as in their opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Trump has vowed to kill the deal the day he i...
Dec 01, 2016
Pipeline decision imperfect, but let's get on with it
KAMLOOPS - The pipeline decision is so typically Canadian, isn't it? Enbridge's Northern Gateway is a no go and Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain twinning gets the green light. It only looks as though th...
Nov 30, 2016
People die as Ottawa sits on its hands
KAMLOOPS - Well, maybe it's not quite as bad as that, but it's pretty close. I cannot believe that we are not moving more quickly in dealing with the incidence of drug overdoses and deaths, particular...
Nov 29, 2016
High-tech, resources, tourism can coexist in a truly diverse local economy
KAMLOOPS - I'm a curious kind of guy and have noticed that whenever we talk about diversifying our local economy, the conversation quickly goes off track as people respond with something along the lin...
Nov 29, 2016
Saving bees one ban proposal at a time
KAMLOOPS - Down the street from where we live on the way to the trails there is a sign that says 'Honey for sale'. I like that. We always buy local honey. We use beeswax candles only and I use propoli...
Nov 28, 2016
Peeling the onion on indigenous children
KAMLOOPS - I used to have difficulty with the term "peeling the onion". Maybe because my eyes tear up when I think about it. But it's a very apropos saying when it comes to issues that have so many la...
Nov 27, 2016
Mayor Foghorn would be anything but boring
KAMLOOPS - It's enough to tickle the fancy of any political junky, the prospect of Kevin Krueger directing traffic in City Hall, sitting up there in the mayor's chair presiding over council meetings. ...
Nov 26, 2016
NDP suffer identity crisis in BC and in Ottawa
KAMLOOPS - The federal NDP may finally have a leadership candidate – maybe? Ontario MP Charlie Angus has stepped aside from his caucus critic roles to contemplate a run at leadership. Peter Juli...
Nov 25, 2016
Bad law stifles freedom of the press
KAMLOOPS - They should have called it the Suppression of Freedom of the Press Act. Instead, the Harper Government called it the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act. It was supposed to prevent c...
Nov 24, 2016
