Category Archives: Column

IT WAS EXACTLY on Nov. 1 that some of the neighbourhood pumpkins showed a last candle-less unglamorous grin before they were replaced with Christmas light garlands. An early bird special, I thought, b...

NO ONE WANTS a sex offender living in their neighbourhood because they are a menace to society. The assumption is that they are incurable; that their impulses are so strong that they are certain to re...

WHAT WOULD happen if Canada's and therefore B.C.'s natural resources were no longer as strongly valued or even needed by the rest of the world? Over the decades we've experienced mini versions of this...

I'M IN. I'm on the list. And I have absolutely no hope my name will be drawn any time soon in the get-a-doctor lottery. I'm not going to get all negative about the new HealthLink BC wait list for thos...

KAMLOOPS - Hi there, Jim – or Mr. Harrison. I read your column on Halloween costumes earlier this week with great interest. I understand you have some angst over the evolution of racial and cult...

THE BC LIBERALS claim in a fact sheet that spending on education is at record levels. A reality check shows otherwise. Sure, spending is up if you consider only dollar amounts. When inflation is facto...

"WHY CAN'T we all just be friends", was once a favourite phrase and the go-to conflict resolution strategy of a family friend. Over time though, she came to realize and appreciate the value and need f...

DESPITE WHAT those in the healthcare bureaucracy would like to think, there's no way of fixing the walk-in clinic model. They can dress it up and put lipstick on it - as the newly appointed Interior H...

KAMLOOPS - If you’re about my age – and who isn’t, really – then you remember The Friendly Giant on the CBC. To kick off every episode, viewers were encouraged to ‘Look u...

A FEW WEEKS AGO, an Ontario woman (a known animal activist) gave water to a few pigs headed for the slaughterhouse. The pigs were in a truck and the water was given through slots and there was no big ...