Category Archives: Column

IT WAS A YEAR AGO that Kamloops and Tk'emlps awoke to find the Red Bridge that had connected our two communities for generations was gone.Its smoking embers had splashed into the South Thompson River,...

SALMON ARE SACRED. The family of migratory fish we all know and love are keystone species that sustain food webs across the province, and they are relatives to be protected through sacred relationship...

I DON'T WANT TO BE A PARTY POOPER, but a move by the City of Surrey to try and catch gangs extorting protection money from businessmen is not likely to work.Here's why. The chain of command among thes...

BRITISH COLUMBIANS WANT ACCESS to high-quality and reliable health care close to home, and they want to be seen by medical professionals who know their personal history. Across B.C., we've been connec...

THE MURDER OF FAR-RIGHT POLEMICIST Charlie Kirk this week rocked the North American political establishment to its core.If you really feel you need to, you can find very graphic video of Kirk's shooti...

JAMIESON CREEK tumbles among huge rocks through a narrow canyon flanked by a thick forest of cedar trees, dropping in a beautiful waterfall toward the North Thompson River. A century ago and more, it ...

ON THIS DAY IN 2001, we saw terrorism reach a new level. More than 3,000 people, including 19 terrorists, died when three hijacked planes piloted by Al-Qaeda militants, ploughed into the two World Tra...

AS WE CELEBRATE the start of another exciting school year and acknowledge the teachers and staff who keep our K-12 system running, we also need to acknowledge the amazing folks who work in child care,...

WE NEED MORE HOUSING, so let's cut down on immigrants. Better still, let's reduce the number of international students. That will create more housing space. So that is what the government did, with no...

TO THE EDITOR OF CFJC TODAY: The Sept. 3 column, "Sound Off: The Silent Burden," portrays Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson's situation as unfair criticism. But what it calls a "burden" is in fact accountabili...