Category Archives: Column
SOUND OFF: Keeping your insurance rates low through ICBC
LAST WEEK, we announced that we will be keeping ICBC basic auto-insurance rates low through 2027. British Columbians are facing pressures with rising costs due to global inflation and Donald Trump's t...
Nov 05, 2025
COLLINS: The mayor isn't the only victim of crime
I'LL ADMIT I FELT A LITTLE SYMPATHETIC toward Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson this week as he outlined the thousands of dollars of damage done to his property since being elected. The mayor had made a point ...
Nov 02, 2025
COLLINS: There is no art in Trump's deals
A FEW YEARS AGO, Donald Trump wrote a book. It was called, "The Art of the Deal." It was his best-selling book. It also was a farce. His co-writer, at one point, suggested he wished he hadn't been inv...
Oct 30, 2025
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
