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VIEWPOINT – There’s only one accurate generalization: people are different

August 7, 2017 // 2 Comments

WHEN I DECIDED to come to Canada, I heard many types of comments. Most of the comments were based on stereotypes about Canada or the West in general. Now that I’ve lived in [Continue]

BEING MAYOR – Life at City Hall, Chapter 3

August 7, 2017 // 2 Comments

This is the third in a series on my experiences as the mayor of Kamloops from 1999 to 2005. I offer it for the interest of anyone who cares about civic politics and our [Continue]

NEWSTROM – Quantum that doggie in the window

August 6, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT IS ALWAYS heartening to speculate that there are some people out there in media cyber-land who are reading what I submit. Even more so when it’s proven; they respond [Continue]

BY-ELECTION – Mayoral candidate Cindy Ross Friedman withdraws from race

August 5, 2017 // 5 Comments

Ken Christian appears to have a clear path to the mayor’s chair after Dr. Cindy Ross Friedman withdrew from the Sept. 30 by-election today (Aug. 5, 2017). Ross Friedman [Continue]

BUSINESS – Air Canada’s lesson in how not to communicate with customers

August 5, 2017 // 1 Comment

By DAVID FULLER PRINCE GEORGE – “Why are you making us do this?” the lady screeched to the Air Canada check-in attendant at the Dublin Airport recently. “I’ve never [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Is the end of summer on the horizon, or the end of days?

August 5, 2017 // 5 Comments

IS THE END of summer on the horizon, or the end of days? It feels more like the latter. We’ve come to commonly apply the term “Apocalypse” to wildfire season. A sense [Continue]