Category Archives: Column

GIVEN THE AMOUNT of media attention that the Canadian Taxpayers Federation gets, you would think that their members would be legion. But no, there are only five. While there are thousands of donors, t...

THE LAST TWO weeks have been tragic in many ways. If you've read the news and are perhaps waiting for something positive on the diesel spill near Bella Bella, you most likely know about the unacceptab...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has agreed to pump nearly $10 million into a new water intake for the North Thompson River. We already have a water intake on the South Thompson, of course, but this one wi...

I'M SOMETIMES asked, as I was last week, about my bias to the left of the political spectrum. Some may even be a bit confused, wondering how I can possibly write opinion pieces that don't seem to alig...

KAMLOOPS - If you are fine with working in the service industry, then you can work pretty much anywhere in the world. There will always be a need for bartenders and baristas and servers, because where...

KAMLOOPS - The first casualty, when war comes, is truth. It’s a quote from Hiram Johnson, a California senator, upon the outset of World War One. It’s clear that Republicans and Democrats ...

KAMLOOPS - I am fully willing to admit I have been a grump for the past couple of weeks when it comes to the royal visit. It’s not just around the history of the British empire, and who it crush...

KAMLOOPS - It’s natural that, in a public health emergency like the one BC faces with fentanyl, critics are looking for someone to blame. For many, Terry Lake is directly and solely in the cross...

KAMLOOPS - Our family held a garage sale a few weeks ago, and it went great. I mean, who doesn’t enjoy inviting a bunch of random strangers to your home, having them rifle through your stuff, of...

KAMLOOPS - Creep Catchers has now set up shop in Kamloops. If you have somehow managed to avoid the online furor, Creep Catchers is a vigilante organization that dupes potential child predators into m...