Articles by Bill McQuarrie

McQUARRIE – Is economic decline the product of slow and steady leadership?

August 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

I SOMETIMES wonder if I’d have anything to write about on our local economy were it not for Ajax. What if 15 or so years ago, the City had set course on a different path? [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Follow the money in the flawed Kamloops recycling regime

June 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

DOES THE CITY of Kamloops, or should I say, Kamloops City Council actually believes in and support recycling, or are they in it just for the money? I ask, as it seems the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Kamloops life, as seen through the lens

June 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

OVER THE past couple of weeks, I had an opportunity to photograph a number of events in Kamloops and in the process, reaffirmed that this is one heck of a place to live. You [Continue]

McQUARRIE – A memorandum to Christy Clark: It is time for you to go

June 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Dear Christy: I WAS SORRY to hear of your loss and know how difficult these times can be. Rejection, disapproval and being avoided can be difficult things to deal with, [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Climate change, like a cancer, grows if we simply do nothing

May 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

LAST WEEK I wrote about the choices we have between denial or acceptance of climate change. In the comments that followed, those unable or unwilling to accept climate change [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Being a self-directed voter and getting the facts is easy

April 11, 2017 // 1 Comment

QUITE OFTEN, after writing a column about the foibles of a particular political party (more often than not the B.C. Liberals simply because they provide a wealth of column [Continue]