COLLINS – Healthcare – so many cries for help, so little being done
IF YOU WEREN’T ALREADY AFRAID of where our healthcare system is heading, you should be now. More and more groups are issuing calls of alarm. We’ve already heard [Continue]
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COLLINS – The Merry-Go-Round of life is spinning rapidly
I THINK IF WE TOOK all the hot air being generated by people discussing solutions to our problems, we would be able to provide heat for the world without having to extract [Continue]
COLLINS – Safety survey a waste of time and money
DID WE SERIOUSLY have to pay for a survey to tell us that we feel less safe than we did before the pandemic? Really? I don’t know many people who feel comfortable out and [Continue]
COLLINS – When things go too far
I READ AN INTERESTING ARTICLE RECENTLY, in which a woman was upset when someone answered her question by saying “Yes Ma’am”. She was very offended and suggested the [Continue]
COLLINS – Water conservation is a huge problem
ACTUALLY, the title could well say “water preservation” is critical in these modern times. The Nature Conservancy of Canada says Canada has the third-most fresh water of [Continue]
COLLINS – Hate crimes, bullying will not go away quickly
A 500-PAGE REPORT (LAST) WEEK by Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender is a document designed as a pathway to reducing hate-related crime. The report, entitled From Hate [Continue]
COLLINS – Bold moves by Kamloops council in budget
KAMLOOPS COUNCIL WANTED TO BE BOLD. And at this week’s meeting of the Committee of the Whole, they took some very bold steps. The committee supported a number of major [Continue]
COLLINS – Next step in the mayor’s saga comes tomorrow
TOMORROW NIGHT (Feb. 6), the Board of Education for School District 73 jumps into the best-seller, The Saga of RHJ. The mayor, who has already jumped into the mud with [Continue]
COLLINS – Government needs to be a lot tougher on plastics
WE HAVE BEEN SO AFRAID to tackle climate change issues we’ve let things get to a crisis stage. One of the worst examples involves our use of plastics. Decades ago, we [Continue]
COLLINS – Safety protocols in sports still have a long way to go
IT WAS IRONIC that I was just about finished reading a book on concussions in the NHL when I got the news notification that Gino Odjick had passed away at 52. He died of a [Continue]
COLLINS – Time to get the city back on track
AS A NEWSMAN, controversy and infighting provide great stories. Always something to talk about and you can always find some angle to chase on a slow news day. But as a [Continue]
COLLINS – Climate change is a huge concern in 2023
ASIDE FROM SO MANY issues facing us in the year ahead, climate change must be kept near the top of the list. So many of us see the effects of this change, but because [Continue]
COLLINS – Enough about the non-Royals, please!
I HAVE A BIG Christmas wish. I don’t know if Santa can fulfil it or not. My one wish this Christmas is that I never have to see another six hours of drivel about Meghan and [Continue]
COLLINS – Smith’s Sovereignty Act gambit a sad omen for democracy
I THOUGHT B.C. PREMIER DAVID EBY was being dictatorial in his plans to force municipalities to bend to the province in dealing with building affordable housing, absolving [Continue]
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