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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]

COLLINS – Thanks for many things, including our leaders

October 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

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

October 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

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

September 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

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

September 23, 2017 // 4 Comments

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]