COLLINS – Are all the snow-clearing complaints really justified?
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]
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COLLINS – Is the false message worse than the actual threat?
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?
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
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
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
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
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?
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?
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]
COLLINS – Thanks for many things, including our leaders
THIS THANKSGIVING weekend, I am thankful for much. I have been blessed with many good things. Good friends, a great family, great parents, and a pretty good life. It has not [Continue]
COLLINS – Voter turnout in civic by-election was less than hoped for
HOPE SPRINGS eternal- except in elections. In the advance voting leading up to Saturday’s byelection, there were hopes that the turnout would be reasonably good, even [Continue]
COLLINS – Legalizing pot will take time, money and education to do right
LEGALIZING POTis taking about as much discussion time these days as the opioid crisis. Now that the Trudeau government is moving ahead on the subject, the questions now [Continue]
COLLINS – NDP already starting the political chess game
ONE OF THE reasons I’ve never run for political office is the constant behind-the-scenes dagger throwing that goes on and the manipulation that takes place in the offices [Continue]
COLLINS – Not much time to get to know candidates’ views
I AM NOT IMPRESSED with how the municipal candidates are presenting themselves in the short civic byelection campaign. Even those of us in the news media are finding it hard [Continue]
