Roundabouts really a straight-foward matter
Took my first drive through the new Lorne Street roundabout Monday. A big Cirque du Soleil semi was in front of me on Third Avenue, pruning a few tree branches with the top [Continue]
City Issues
Minding the gap on passenger-train service
The most common words uttered by tourists are, “they do things differently here.” Of course they do — experiencing those differences is the reason we travel. Just back [Continue]
Steelworkers’ president’s ‘vision’ of mining development
Received a sealed envelope today. It was a big white United Steelworkers District 3 envelope with a hand-written note on the front that said, “For Mel from Richard [Continue]
You can dress it up but open-pit mine will still be ugly in the morning
Winston Churchill said many clever things, but one of the best-known stories involved a woman who accused him of being drunk. There’s some dispute as to whether his accuser [Continue]
Kamloops is our kind of town, warts and all
When Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley died in 1976, the great Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mike Royko wrote that, “He wasn’t graceful, suave, witty, or smooth. But, then, [Continue]
The Scoopz-arena real estate deal that never was
Back in March of 2008, not long before the City started working out a deal with Tom Gaglardi for sale of the Scoopz lot, it entertained a proposal to sell not only Scoopz, [Continue]
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