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]
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DUDY – Some comparisons on how various cities handle snow removal
Posted on Facebook by Coun. Dieter Dudy: IT SEEMS that snow removal (or lack thereof) is the topic of choice these days. Many seem to think that the City isn’t getting to [Continue]
McQUARRIE – A good time for Kamloops to start getting serious about jobs
WITH THE ARRIVAL of the New Year and Ajax now relegated to the news highlight reels of 2017, I can think of no better time for Kamloops to start getting serious about jobs [Continue]
GINTA – Are we grateful enough for what we have?
AS I AM WRITING, about 8,000 homes in the Fraser Valley, possibly more, are still without power due to extreme winter weather. Kamloops is under a thick blanket of snow too, [Continue]
PETERS – There oughta be a study
Studies get mocked for being expensive make-work projects, but when they’re done well, they lay the basis for the smartest long term decisions 2017 COULD RIGHTLY be [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Blockchain could improve food security
THE FUTURE of cryptocurrencies such as the bitcoin might be unclear but the technology behind it is solid. Blockchain is the digital ledger where bitcoin transactions are [Continue]
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