IN THE HOUSE – ‘Will seniors’ landlord be People’s Republic of China?’
Debate in Parliament Wednesday, June 21, 2017, about Beijing-based Anbang Insurance and unconfirmed reports of the arrest of its chairman Wu Xiaohui: Mark Strahl, [Continue]
Local Voices
GINTA – Our societal habit of not facing the true cost of life
A FEW DAYS ago, I was caught, yet again, in a conversation about lawns in Kamloops. How they should be green and the fact that some people manage to maintain them green all [Continue]
McQUARRIE – Kamloops life, as seen through the lens
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]
COLLINS – Local media still the best way to communicate in emergencies
A NEW STUDY released yesterday shows the struggle many Fort McMurray residents had trying to find answers in last year’s devastating wildfire. An analysis of 70,000 tweets [Continue]
FORSETH – Death sentence faced by garbage bears is our fault
WHY EXACTLY is the City of Kamloops not issuing fines to people who put garbage out the night before pick-up? Last Thursday, in an article (Garbage pointed to as culprit in [Continue]
COLLINS – Accessible Kamloops – fact or fiction?
WE HAVE spent the past week talking about Access 4 All. It’s all about showcasing some of the things we’re doing to make Kamloops more accessible for those who have [Continue]
KNOX – We Canadians have adopted ‘eh’ as a point of pride, eh?
JUST IN TIME for Canada’s 150th, here’s a surprise: We don’t really say “eh” that much. “ ‘Eh’ is used relatively infrequently in Canadian English,” Derek [Continue]
FORSETH – Guess which govt news releases were before election, and after
CARE TO GUESS which of the following news story starts, from the B.C. Government News on Demand website, ran prior to the start of the B.C. provincial election — and [Continue]
PETERS – Health concerns trump all in Ajax report
AS MY LEARNED colleague, Mr. Armchair Mayor, pointed out earlier this week, the final report from SLR Consulting on the KGHM-Ajax environmental application was a mixed bag. [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The psychology of B.C. voters
AT FIRST GLANCE, it looked like the split between Interior and Lower Mainland voters was along the usual lines of social values. Cities tend to support liberal social values [Continue]
IN THE HOUSE – Seniors still want to know who their landlord is
Excerpt from Question Period, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 on the sale of Retirement Concepts to China-based Anbang Insurance, which owns, among other facilities, Kamloops [Continue]
COLLINS – Sometimes people just make dumb comments
IN MY LIFE, I have made my share of dumb comments. Just ask my wife and kids. But politicians take the cake, as we’ve seen south of the border. But it happens here in good [Continue]
CHRISTIAN – Annual FCM convention was an intense, stimulating few days
I STARTED the month in Ottawa at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) convention. This year’s event was the largest yet and attracted more than 3,000 delegates [Continue]
FORSETH – Political opinions from Nomen Nescio go into junk folder
TUESDAY MORNING, I received an email from “Nomen Nescio”. Never heard of him? Well neither had I. For those unaware, and according to Wikipedia, Nomen [Continue]
