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McQUARRIE – T’was the night before Christmas and all through City Hall

December 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

WITH MY APOLOGIES to Clement Clarke Moore, I give you my Kamloops version of his poem, The Night Before Christmas. And what better way to take you to Christmas Eve in [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Proposed new business fines could spell trouble in River City

December 12, 2017 // 1 Comment

WHILE I WATCHED last week’s City Council meeting, I couldn’t help but think of the Broadway play, Music Man. A story about the arrival of a pool table in conservative [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Resource town mindset has Kamloops unprepared for future

December 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

IT’S DIFFICULT writing a column when you have to begin with these three words, “I was wrong”. But I was wrong, at least in my assumptions and let me explain. I [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Performing Arts Centre – the sequel

November 28, 2017 // 3 Comments

LET’S START this week’s blog with a bold statement. Something along the lines of, ‘the performing arts centre (PAC) does not belong, nor is it needed in the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Comedy of errors surrounds parking at Royal Inland

November 21, 2017 // 1 Comment

I NEVER THOUGHT I’d be writing about this again. The entire situation has been a comedy of errors. Yet once again, here I am talking about the ongoing saga of parking [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Portugal no rogue state of hippie drug enthusiasts

November 14, 2017 // 1 Comment

LAST WEEK’S column on our failed policies of criminalization and enforcement on drug use, generated a large number of comments with opinions ranging from: “Build [Continue]