Harrison

HARRISON – There’s a new sheriff in town, and we’d better get used to it

November 15, 2016 // 5 Comments

NOW THAT the dust has settled a bit after last week’s U.S. Presidential election, it’s time to start separating the fear and shock from reality. Donald Trump has [Continue]

HARRISON – Trump no worse than what middle Americans were getting

November 10, 2016 // 4 Comments

AMERICANS PICKED picked their poison Tuesday night and it was the option that in their view tasted less bitter. Clearly voters disliked, and distrusted both choices available [Continue]

HARRISON – Media made right decision in not showing video of Abbotsford school stabbings

November 4, 2016 // 2 Comments

THERE’S AN old adage in television news — if it bleeds, it leads. Or at least that’s the way it used to be as media organizations often fought to get the most [Continue]

HARRISON – Horgan missed a chance to hit one out of the park on RIH

November 3, 2016 // 2 Comments

THERE ARE things John Horgan knows about Kamloops, and there are things he should know. The NDP leader knows that in order to win election in this province, he needs [Continue]

HARRISON – The political correctness of Halloween costumes goes too far

November 2, 2016 // 2 Comments

THANK HEAVENS Halloween is done for another year. Not because the little ghosts and goblins go door to door trick or treating, or head to some fun hallowe’en event, but [Continue]

HARRISON – Ellard case raises questions about conjugal visits

November 1, 2016 // 1 Comment

AS OUR CRITICS love to point out, we’re often out of step with what’s considered normal in these so-called modern more enlightened times. We think people ought to [Continue]

GUEST EDITORIAL – Opening more walk-in clinics isn’t the answer

October 31, 2016 // 1 Comment

Another guest editorial in Jim Harrison’s slot, this one contributed by Simon Mason: TODAY, APPROXIMATELY 3,500 Kamloops residents/taxpayers will join the other 17 or [Continue]

HARRISON – Council’s Ajax decision like a scene from Dumb and Dumber

October 27, 2016 // 11 Comments

THE MOVIE is Dumb and Dumber, and they’ve made two versions now. If they’re thinking about a third, we have a number of actors on Kamloops Council who would be a [Continue]

HARRISON – Myopic council doesn’t think Kamloops needs heavy industry

October 26, 2016 // 1 Comment

THOSE ON Kamloops Council who think the city can do without heavy industry can put another notch in their belt. It’s unlikely the high municipal tax regime for heavy [Continue]

HARRISON – If councillors were paid on merit, they might owe us money

October 25, 2016 // 5 Comments

AT THER RISK of needlessly dragging old skeletons from the closet, recall the wine and cheese arguments about how hard Kamloops councillors work. It was Donovan Cavers who [Continue]

HARRISON – Can’t pay for daycare? Wait until you can afford kids

October 24, 2016 // 1 Comment

IT’S LIKELY one of the centre pieces for the NDP’s election campaign in B.C., and it’s one the taxpayer cannot afford, and should not have to pay for. It’s the plan [Continue]

HARRISON – Trump is down, but the polls have been wrong before

October 21, 2016 // 2 Comments

IT WAS DOWN and dirty, acrimonious, less than civil, replete with name calling and gutter accusations, and we doubt the third presidential debate changed the minds of many [Continue]

HARRISON – Cavers’ promise to ‘eat my shorts’ conjures tempting images

October 20, 2016 // 5 Comments

DONOVAN CAVERS and Bart Simpson don’t exactly look alike, but evidently they do have something in common. “Eat my shorts” is a trademark Bart Simpson [Continue]

HARRISON – Shed no tears for school trustees who got what they deserved

October 19, 2016 // 2 Comments

THE WAILING has begun in the aftermath of the B.C. government’s decision to fire the Vancouver School Board. The rhetoric about the unfairness of it all, and how [Continue]