Category Archives: Column

IT'S A SKETCHY PROPOSITION for armchair experts to tell actual experts how to do their jobs, but we do it all the time.We think we could be better teachers, better urban planners, better hockey refere...

IF YOU'RE A POLITICAN TODAY, you have to have a thick skin, a strong jaw, and a constitution that will withstand all that the world throws at you. Oh, and you must be able to juggle at least ten balls...

AS I FOLLOW THE MACHINATIONS at the Kamloops city council, I continue to sense a toll that these persistent negative assessments and outrageous penalties could have on Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson's integ...

IT IS ALWAYS AMAZING how fast September comes around, and I hope British Columbians everywhere were able to enjoy the summer. With this week comes another exciting time across B.C. - back to school! T...

When the idea of a music festival was brought forward by Steve Rice with a small but passionate handful of folks at the Spences Bridge Community Club meeting, some serious discussion ensued that sugge...

YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE IN MY AGE BRACKET to remember the rest of that song. It was kind of a whimsical, happy-go-lucky song that we would never sing today. Because whimsical isn't a word we use any more...

ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS A FACT of summertime life in any Canadian city.Our seasonal changes are brutal on pavement, which means it needs to be patched and refurbished more frequently than it does in kind...

OVER THE PAST YEAR-AND-A-HALF, I have read so much, watched so much and listened to so much, I thought I should go back in time and watch some series I've never seen before. Some coming of age shows t...

ALL YEAR, British Columbians have been supporting local food and beverage products. Whether it's at the farmers market, their local grocery store or online, there are opportunities for everyone to "bu...

YEARS AGO, JOHNNY CASH made a hit of this funny song. It was just a goofy song that caught people's attention as they sang along. But listening to that song today made me see how much the song typifie...