Articles by Bill McQuarrie

McQUARRIE – A good time for Kamloops to start getting serious about jobs

January 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

WITH THE ARRIVAL of the New Year and Ajax now relegated to the news highlight reels of 2017, I can think of no better time for Kamloops to start getting serious about jobs [Continue]

McQUARRIE – T’was the night before Christmas and all through City Hall

December 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

WITH MY APOLOGIES to Clement Clarke Moore, I give you my Kamloops version of his poem, The Night Before Christmas. And what better way to take you to Christmas Eve in [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Comedy of errors surrounds parking at Royal Inland

November 21, 2017 // 1 Comment

I NEVER THOUGHT I’d be writing about this again. The entire situation has been a comedy of errors. Yet once again, here I am talking about the ongoing saga of parking [Continue]

McQUARRIE – A sense of optimism from those who know something’s wrong

October 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

They say that we often grow up to become what we said we never would be. . . our parents. Maybe that is the problem with many Boomers these days, so it’s time, time for you [Continue]

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]