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]
City Issues
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]
Final five of most fascinating ‘Loopsians for 2011
Look, when I call them the 10 Most Fascinating Kamloopsians of 2011, I mean they’re cool because of the connection between who they are and what they did, not that [Continue]
The top 10 most fascinating Kamloopsians of 2011
Right about now, you’ll start reading and hearing about “the biggest story of 2011” in the media, including ours. What makes for “big news,” of course, depends very [Continue]
Sympathy for Big Oil understandably in short supply
Forgive me, for I have sinned. I have been unfaithful, and I don’t care. I am a gas-price trollop — or, more accurately, I suppose, libertine — cruising the streets day [Continue]
CBC debate has its roots in old radio rivalry
CBC Radio drives me nuts. Every time Anna Maria Tremonti ends an interview with “That IS Joe Blotz, who spoke with us from our studio in London,” it drives me nuts. When [Continue]
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