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COLLINS – You sure can’t please everyone when it comes to alerts

August 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE CITY of Kamloops put out a news release this week, giving people the latest on the Elephant Hill The wildfire which is slowly creeping towards Kamloops. The idea of the [Continue]

COLLINS – Some people always take the time to care

August 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

SOME PEOPLEe care about people. They are just built to put you in a position where you feel good about talking to them, and they always seem to respond no matter how busy [Continue]

COLLINS – Is this Todd’s time?

August 3, 2017 // 1 Comment

HE WAS PROBABLY hoping he didn’t have to make the decision quite this early. Todd Stone will decide soon whether or not he will seek the leadership of the B.C. Liberal [Continue]

COLLINS – It’s time to lower the boom on people who cause wildfires

July 31, 2017 // 3 Comments

THE NUMBER of fires caused by discarded cigarettes is escalating, and there is no question that no matter how wildfires are started, except those caused by Mother Nature of [Continue]

COLLINS — ‘Pet’ bears are not cuddly

July 25, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT SEEMS so sweet on the surface that residents of Barnhartvale have their own pet bear. He even has a name. Residents have taken to calling him Harold. It sounds so cute, [Continue]

COLLINS – Proof is in the pudding

July 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT WAS GOOD to see Premier Horgan talking about the B.C. wildfire situation in his first days in office, and good to have two cabinet ministers and a parliamentary secretary [Continue]

COLLINS – Calm on the surface, paddling like hell underneath

July 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

YOU KNOW know the old saying about the ducks appearing calm on the surface, but paddling like hell underneath? That’s pretty much the way things are going in British [Continue]

COLLINS – Tragedy often brings out the best in people

July 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

I OFTEN WONDER why it takes tragedy to bring out the best (and sometimes the worst) in people. I am constantly heartened by the way people come together in times of adversity [Continue]

COLLINS – Could the plight of Sears have been avoided?

July 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE PLIGHT Sears is indicative of what is happening with many of our traditional shopping sources. And it could well get worse before it gets better. The old way of shopping [Continue]

COLLINS – Hard to celebrate being an American these days

July 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

IT’S HARD to believe Americans can jump for joy on this 4th of July, given the turmoil the country is going through, largely because of the constant silliness and poor [Continue]

COLLINS – Putting together a nation isn’t an easy task

July 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

YESTERDAY, we celebrated our country’s 150th birthday. The usual kudos to our great country, lots of fun and frivolity, and, yes, a little controversy too as some of the [Continue]

COLLINS – Sometimes it’s good to rant. Other times, not so much

June 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

IN THE MEDIA, we sometimes speak before we know of what we speak. And then we have to issue retractions, or, to save face, I call them “clarifications.” Either way [Continue]

COLLINS – More on Kamloops’ recycling boondoggle

June 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

SOMETIMES WHEN you have so many good columnists working with you, you wind up treading on each others’ toes when you have something that sticks in your craw. I have been [Continue]

COLLINS – Time for new theories on our great society

June 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

THIS SEEMS to be the week for theories. Our Armchair Mayor, who seems to be getting pretty relaxed in that couch of his, has been speculating on all sorts of things while he [Continue]