Category: Opinion

You may have noticed that I don’t often appear on this page. It’s not because of an absence of opinions — oh, do believe me, I have many of those, and many of them are controversial enough. More than anything, it’s a result of running low on time. Putting together a column for this space…

I often chuckle to myself these days when I read, listen, or hear public comments by our MLA Peter Milobar. Peter and I worked together for almost a decade on Kamloops Council. One of his greatest attributes when he was Mayor was that, even when he didn’t agree with your position, he would always offer…

Carney promises inflation Dear Editor: Ian MacLean in Kelowna wrote “Ottawa spoke and said ‘NO’ to Poilievre. Does Ian not know the truth about how loved Pierre Poilievre is in Canadian Politics. I have great suspicion that Ian MacLean did not once listen to P. Poilievre’s Conservative Platform.  Nor follows Canadian Politics by reading the…

Sadly, when conspiracy theories, lies, and misinformation become part of any conversation it is up to the people to do their due diligence and track down the truth. To latch onto someone’s Facebook rant as the truth just because you agree with the rant, fails yourself, but more importantly it fails the system designed to…

I don’t know what made me have a lifelong interest in death. Perhaps it was because my grandmother died in our dining room, converted sick room, when I was only four. My older brother told me long ago that she thought of me as her sweetheart. As the oldest daughter of four, I had the special…

There has been a lot of lost opportunity with this current city council. Despite some strong efforts and accomplishments, I lament at what more could have been accomplished if our mayor and our city councillors had a collaborative working relationship. Finding our incredible community on the provincial and national news for all the wrong reasons…

Carney meets Trump Dear Editor: Watching the first part of the meeting today on CBC between Mr. Carney and Mr. Trump was the first step toward a new beginning. Following that, Mr. Carney took questions from reporters from the roof top of the Canadian Embassy where all questions were answered. From the get-go it was…

Well, it looks like another election season is behind us again, and I, for one, am grateful. It feels like it’s been a one-two punch of election hysteria between the U.S. election in November, and then our own just a few short days ago. Now that it’s all behind us, though, I’ve seen some people…

Nothing — not grass nor chickweed — grows more profusely everywhere in the world than dandelions. Moments after the last snow disappears, dandelion leaves appear like a child’s drawing of a pointy Christmas tree. Yellow faces overtake lawns, fields, roadsides, and ditches. They congregate in churchyards and farmyards, and sneak into back yards. They creep…