Category Archives: Column
SOUND OFF: Growing B.C.'s clean energy economy
BRITISH COLUMBIANS ARE WORRIED about energy use. Across the globe, energy demand is increasing due to artificial intelligence, industrial development and data centres, and everyday people are weary of...
Oct 29, 2025
COLLINS: Upcoming staffing decisions critical to success of new Kamloops facilities
MAJOR STAFFING DECISIONS are forthcoming for the City of Kamloops. These decisions are critical to the success of two major projects - the new Performing Arts Centre and the new multiplex for ice skat...
Oct 26, 2025
PETERS: What could make someone want to leave Kamloops? Inadequate health care
HAVING LIVE IN KAMLOOPS for almost 20 years, it's fair to say my wife and I are committed to this community - in spite of all its flaws.There are only a few factors that could ever compel us to leave....
Oct 24, 2025
COLLINS: Do curfews have any value?
FOR A WHILE NOW, the City of Williams Lake has discussed the idea of a curfew. Earlier this year, the council passed some motions but did not include a curfew. I think that was the right move.Except f...
Oct 23, 2025
SOUND OFF: Welcoming B.C.'s future doctors
EVERY PERSON DESERVES to have accessible, affordable health care that they can count on close to home. As an MLA, I know that healthcare options are top of mind for my community and that's why our gov...
Oct 22, 2025
SOUND OFF: Pregnant? Good luck — Interior Health's colossal failure
IN OUR CURRENT HOTBED of political strife, it was difficult to imagine a unifying cause that could bring people from every corner of the political spectrum together. But where Interior Health has a la...
Oct 20, 2025
COLLINS: Women’s health is a major issue
I DON'T ENVY WOMEN these days. Aside from the debate over women's rights, transgender issues which affect both genders, there have been so many smaller issues creeping in to muddy up the works that I ...
Oct 19, 2025
SOUND OFF: BC bites and holiday delights — the gift that keeps on giving
ONE OF THE BEST gifts received in our home last year was the Kamloops Holiday Foodie Box, created by The Stir and the Kamloops Food Policy Council (KFPC) - and I'm thrilled that the KFPC is offering t...
Oct 18, 2025
PETERS: Shopping local cures most supply chain headaches
THE SILVER LINING around some dark economic clouds over the past five years is we're all getting a crash course in basic supply-and-demand economics.During the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the demand sid...
Oct 17, 2025
COLLINS: Trust me, right? Don't think so.
I HAVE OFTEN been accused of being too trusting. Looking back, I think that's true. I have always had an unfailing habit of believing in the best of people. I don't think that was a bad decision. I ha...
Oct 16, 2025
