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COLLINS – New hospital tower won’t be the ‘saviour’ for health care

May 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

IN TWO MONTHS, give or take, the new $417 million patient care tower at Royal Inland Hospital will open its doors. It will have some nice new bells and whistles. The tower is [Continue]

COLLINS – City Council could have a different look this fall

May 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

THE CIVIC ELECTION in October is still a few months away, but already there are signs the council table could look substantially different. There are several names of [Continue]

COLLINS – 2022 could be all about the weather

May 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

“I’VE SEEN FIRE and I’ve seen rain.” So go the lyrics of a hit song by James Taylor. We saw that last year in many parts of the province. And we are being warned [Continue]

COLLINS – Family medicine is almost a thing of the past

April 23, 2022 // 1 Comment

ALMOST ONE MILLION PEOPLE in our province are without a family doctor. That’s one in five people who don’t have primary care. No one they can reach out to, to look after [Continue]

COLLINS – Climate plan doesn’t cut it

April 2, 2022 // 2 Comments

WE SPEAK, but we don’t do. That pretty much sums up Canada’s $9.1 billion climate plan announced this week in Vancouver by the prime minister. It’s a lot of money, but [Continue]

COLLINS – Are all the snow-clearing complaints really justified?

January 20, 2018 // 1 Comment

REASONABLE ARGUMENT and genuine discussion is important to get a complete picture of any controversy. But I am totally disappointed with the tone of the vast number of [Continue]

COLLINS – Is the false message worse than the actual threat?

January 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

IT HAS BEEN pretty scary to watch Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea trade insults and threats over the past few months. The question of which one of them has the [Continue]

COLLINS – Is dilemma of old BK building the result of poor city planning?

January 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

AS THIS IS being written, there has been no cause established for a fire Friday night that destroyed the home of the old Brass Kettle Restaurant at the intersection of [Continue]

COLLINS – The mentality of those using backcountry needs to be questioned

January 7, 2018 // 2 Comments

I GREW UP in the northern part of B.C. I spent time on the Islands off the coast of Prince Rupert. I spent time up the Nass River Valley, Babine Lake, and many more of the [Continue]

COLLINS – Time for a good dose of civility on social media

January 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

THE ARMCHAIR MAYOR and I were talking the other day about the good and bad of social media. We are both totally amazed at the lack of civility shown by people on Twitter, [Continue]

COLLINS – Bring on the sappy shows and the Christmas music

December 25, 2017 // 2 Comments

MY APOLOGIES to the Armchair Mayor, but the more sappy Christmas shows there are, and the sooner we start the Christmas music, the better I feel. My wife calls me her [Continue]

COLLINS – Homelessness promotion more than a photo op for councillors

December 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

I KNOW there will be some who, in their ignorance, will suggest that last Friday’s efforts to raise awareness for youth homelessness was nothing more than a photo op for [Continue]

COLLINS – Why would rules on smoking pot in public be different than ciggies?

December 15, 2017 // 1 Comment

SHORT ANSWER — they shouldn’t be. Premier John Horgan said this week that marijuana smokers may have to abide by the same public smoking rules as tobacco users when [Continue]

COLLINS – A dome over Hillside Stadium? Really?

October 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE CITY and TRU are in very early discussions about a dome over Hillside Stadium. An intriguing possibility. It would certainly be a big boost to the Tournament Capital [Continue]