Category Archives: Column
Plenty of wine to go around in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Tracking the decisions of this particular Kamloops council, it’s interesting to see those that coincide with the public will, and those that doesn’t. The move to keep the Westsy...
May 20, 2016
Fort McMurray's reality is Kamloops' nightmare
KAMLOOPS - Since the wildfire first laid seige to Fort McMurray last week, our stations have been inundated with people wanting publicity for their own relief efforts. It’s what we’re here...
May 13, 2016
Coming together for Canada's most divisive city
KAMLOOPS - There is no more divisive city in Canada than Fort McMurray. To some, it is the source of livelihood, the source of wealth, the place that made all of their dreams come true. To others, it ...
May 06, 2016
Gap between living wage, actual wages must shrink
KAMLOOPS - According to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the 2016 living wage for Kamloops is $17.21 per hour. That’s the minimum two working parents would need to ...
Apr 29, 2016
Legalization is a good step, but won't end drug problems
KAMLOOPS - Could we have seen the last 4-20 smoke-in ever this week? Some people seem to think so. With the Trudeau government choosing so wryly to reveal its legislative timeline for legalizing pot o...
Apr 22, 2016
Power Rangers are our much-needed heroes
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops could use a hero. Even a group of them. It doesn’t matter if the heroes are high school kids in multi-coloured spandex, thrown together by fate. They are welcome here. ItR...
Apr 15, 2016
Westsyde residents have a lot to prove
KAMLOOPS - Your butt does not lie. Your words can be doubted, but your butt will always tell the truth. For example, I could say that I’m a big outdoorsman, but if my butt doesn’t like to ...
Apr 08, 2016
Council should bring a reporter on mining town tour
KAMLOOPS - Well this is getting a little bit silly. There are reports this week that, despite Kamloops council having approved a delegation to travel east to visit Malartic, Quebec and Timmins, Ontari...
Apr 04, 2016
Celebrating what we haven't achieved
KAMLOOPS - I’m guessing Norm MacDonald doesn’t like St. Patrick’s Day. You see, the comedian has a theory that a person’s heritage, regardless of what that heritage is, is noth...
Mar 18, 2016
All Kamloops taxpayers subsidize Westsyde pool
KAMLOOPS - There really is no place for sentimentality in planning city services and amenities. No place for populism, or for pandering. Amenities have to be planned using cold logic, informed by acco...
Mar 11, 2016
