Category Archives: Column

It sure didn't take The Donald long to become a "regular" politician. After all the talk during the campaign about what he was going to do when he became president, Donald Trump has started out with s...

Nothing comes free these days. I suppose in reality nothing ever came without a price of some sort. But last week's Supreme Court of Canada decision to give B.C. Teachers’ bargaining rights over...

A LAUNDROMAT on Seymour Street was visited many years ago - maybe 25 or so - by a man who could have been anyone with some dirty socks and underwear that needed washing. He was an entertainer, passing...

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...