GUEST COLUMN – Suffrage, the ballot and democratic governments
By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist OVER THE LAST several hundred years the public demand for voting rights and the subsequent emergence of democratic governments has been a [Continue]
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GINTA – History needs to be written and learned the way it happened
THE FOREST HAS STORIES to tell you if you happen to visit every now and then. As of late, the stories are sad, but that makes listening that much more important. We took our [Continue]
KNOX – ‘Your call is important to us, please stay on the line’
I GOT A MESSAGE from Facebook this morning. “Jack,” it began, “we care about you and the memories that you share.” Enclosed, thoughtfully, was a photo I had posted [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – ‘I could write a book’ about working security on Victoria West
THREE MONTHS AGO, Rick Eldridge was working in a job he loved. After 35 years as a chef, he’d moved to Kamloops from Bella Coola and gotten certification as a security [Continue]
PETERS – Statues, reconciliation and Canada Day 2021
WE’VE SAID BEFORE that societies don’t erect statues of people they want to simply remember; they erect statues of people they want to celebrate, to venerate, to hold up [Continue]
MEL’S NOTES – Jab #2, the homeowner grant, and tailgating on the TC
Armchair Mayor column in the works for tomorrow on Rick Eldridge, the popular security guard who lost his job over a videotaped scuffle with a street person on Victoria [Continue]
